Saint Aigulf
- Memorial
- 13 September
- Profile
- Benedictine monk at Fleury.
Led a party of monks sent to retrieve the relics of Saint Bernard from the Lombards.
Abbot at Lerins c.670, taking over a house badly in need of reform.
Aigulf worked to restore order and discipline to the house, and many of the brothers supported him.
However, some resisted, and they conspired to have Aigulf and four of his supporters kidnapped, taken to the island of Capria, blinded, tortured and murdered.
- Born
- c.630 at Blois, France
- Died
- murdered c.676 on Capria
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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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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