Saint Agricola of Avignon
- Also known as
- Agricolus of Avignon
- Memorial
- 2 September
- Profile
- Son of Saint Magnus, a Gallo-Roman senator who became a monk and then bishop.
Moved to Lerins, his father's see, at age 14.
Monk at age 16.
Ordained in Lerins.
Co-bishop of Avignon with his father in 660.
Bishop in 670.
Built a church and Benedictine convent in Avignon, the church staffed with his brother monks.
Noted preacher, and famous for his charity and defense of the poor and sick against civil authorities.
His blessing ended an invasion of storks, leading to his patronage of them, and his emblem in art.
His prayers were said to produce rain, good weather and fine harvests.
- Born
- c.630
- Died
- c.700 of natural causes
- Patronage
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against misfortune
against plague epidemics
Avignon, France (named in 1647)
for rain
for good weather
storks
- Representation
- storks
- 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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