Saint Agigulf

Also known as

• Agigulfus
• Agilulph

Memorial

• 9 July

Profile

Educated at the Benedictine monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy where he became monk and later abbot. Bishop of Cologne, Germany in 747. When King Pepin was dying, Agigulf counseled against naming Charles Martel as the new king; when Martel came to the throne, he had Agigulf killed. Martyr.

Died

• murdered in 751

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Agigulf”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 May 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-agigulf/>