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Agilus
French monk
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Feast: 30 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
583
Died
650
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Rebais near Meaux in the territory of Neustria in France, Saint Agilus, first abbot.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 30 August as the first abbot of Rebais.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q393840 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Agilus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.