Agilfrid[a] (died 13 December 787) was a Roman Catholic bishop, who was an associate of Charlemagne and served as the Bishop of Liège from 769 until his death in 787.
Agilfrid | |
|---|---|
| See | Diocese of Liège |
| In office | 769 - 13 December 787 |
| Predecessor | Fulcaire |
| Successor | Gerbald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8th century |
| Died | 13 December 787 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Biography
editAgilfrid was born in the early 8th century into a noble Frankish family, and has been said to be a relative of Charlemagne.[1] Due to no clarification of how Agilfrid was related to him, historians suggest that he was related through one of his wives.[2] Agilfrid served as an abbot of Saint-Amand Abbey and Saint Bavo's Abbey prior to his ascension to bishop,[3] and is assumed to have retained the title of abbot during his episcopate.[4] Sometime in 754, Agilfrid, while returning from Rome, acquired and brought the relics of Pharaildis and Bavo of Ghent from Lotharingia to Saint Bavo's Abbey,[5] where they remain present to this day.[6]
Agilfrid was said to be well respected at the courtyard of Charlemagne,[7] who granted him several franchises and considerable assets in favor of his church,[4] and appointed Agilfrid as Bishop of Liège in 769,[b] replacing the previously deceased Fulcaire.[8] Charlemagne also visited the Diocese of Liège on multiple occasions, celebrating Easter.[9] According to the Annales Laubacenses, in 774, Agilfrid was entrusted by Charlemagne to handle the detention of Desiderius and his wife Ansa.[10]
It has recently been suggested,[11] that Agilfrid sanctified the first church in Osnabrück sometime from 783 to 787,[12] which was a wooden church and served as the seat for the Diocese of Osnabrück at the time of establishment.[13]
Agilfrid died on 13 December 787 and was succeeded by Gerbald.[8]
Notes
edit- ^ Alternatively spelled Agelfredus, Egelfredus or Eilfried.
- ^ Other sources date the appointment as bishop to 765, and 768, but these are in contradiction with historical sources.
References
edit- ^ van den Steen de Jehay 1880, p. 55.
- ^ Dewez 1822.
- ^ PRGR.
- ^ a b de Ram 1866.
- ^ Normand 1841.
- ^ Stadler & Heim 1875, p. 880–881.
- ^ NDB 1953.
- ^ a b PEIN.
- ^ Dewez 1822, p. 11; PEIN.
- ^ Waitz 1881, p. 229.
- ^ Brandi, Bresslau & Tangl 1909, p. 285.
- ^ Hoogeweg 1908, p. 103.
- ^ Hettner & Hansen 1882, p. 158.
Works cited
edit- van den Steen de Jehay, Xavier (1880). La Cathédrale de Saint Lambert à Liège et son chapitre de tréfonciers (in French). Liège: L. Grandmont-Donders. p. 55.
- Dewez, Louis Dieudonné Joseph (1822). Histoire du pays de Liége (in French). Vol. 1. Liège: Delemer. pp. 11–12.
- Normand, Théodule Elzéar Xavier (1841). Galerie des saints et des saints qui protégent la Belgique et les Pay-Bas / par M. l'Abbé Normand (in French). Brussels: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. p. 4.
- "AGILFRIDUS". prosopographie.eu (in French). Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- Kaemmerer, Walter (1953), "Agilfrid", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 94; (full text online)
- de Ram, Pierre François Xavier (1866). "AGILFRIDE". Biographie Nationale de Belgique. 1. Royal Academy of Belgium: 125–126.
- Stadler, John Evangelist; Heim, Franz Joseph (1875). "Pharaldis, S." Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon. 4. Augsburg: B. Schmid: 880–881.
- "De la fondation de la ville à la cité épiscopale". perso.infonie.be (in French). Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- Waitz, Georg (1881). "Annales Lobienses". Monumenta Germaniae Historica. 4. Hanover: 229.
- Hoogeweg, Hermann (1908). Verzeichnis der Stifter und Klöster Niedersachsens vor der Reformation (in German). Hanover, Leipzig: Hahnsche Buchhandlung. p. 103.
- Brandi, Karl; Bresslau, Harry; Tangl, Michael (1909). Archiv für Urkundenforschung (in German). Vol. 2. Leipzig: Veit & Company. p. 285.
- Hettner, Felix; Hansen, Joseph (1882). Westdeutsche Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kunst (in German). Trier: Verlagsbuchhandlung von Jacob Lintz. p. 158.