Agobard
Spanish saint
b. 769 · d. 6 Jun 840
45th Bishop of Lyon
Offices
- Bishop of Lyon № 45
Agobard of Lyon was a Spanish-born priest and archbishop of Lyon, during the Carolingian Renaissance. The author of multiple treatises, ranging in subject matter from the iconoclast controversy to Spanish Adoptionism to critiques of the Carolingian royal family, Agobard is best known for his critiques of Jewish religious practices and political power in the Frankish-Carolingian realm. He was succeeded by Amulo of Lyons.
Related people
- Leidrad of Lyon disciple of · traditional
- Leidrad of Lyon succeeded · inferred
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How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.