Saint Agericus
- Also known as
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Agericus of Verdun
Aguy
Airy
Algeric
- Memorial
- 1 December
- Profile
- Born to a poor farm family.
Parish priest at Saint Peter and Paul Church, Verdun, France.
Bishop of Verdun in 554.
Advisor to King Childebert II.
Noted for his generosity to the poor.
Reputed miracle worker in his later years.
Once a local rebel leader named Bertifroi sought sanctuary in bishop Agericus' chapel in Verdun.
Though a member of the royal court himself, Agericus defended the rebel's right to sanctuary in a house of God.
The king's men, however, ignored the tradition and the bishop, broke into the chapel, and killed Bertefroi.
- Born
- c.521 at Verdun, France in a field where his mother was working the crops;
she gave him the name Agericus because of his agricultural beginning
- Died
- 588 in Verdun, France of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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