Saint Agilulfus (or, Agilolphus) of Stavelot (d. 750), was Bishop of Cologne and martyr in the eighth century. According to legend he lost his life while on a diplomatic mission during the confrontations between the Merovingians and the Carolingians, while other accounts contribute his death to the revenge of Frankish monarch Charles Martel.
Little is known of the Saint but an account was written of him by a monk of Malmedy and printed by the Bollandists. According to their record, Agilulfud was of good family, was educated under Abbot Angelinus at the Benedictine monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy, and eventually became abbot there. Not long afterwards, Agilulfus was elected Bishop of Cologne. He is said to have tried to persuade the dying King Pepin against naming Charles Martel, Pepin’s his illegitimate son, as the new king; the Bishop's death by violence soon after is attributed to the vengeance of Martel, whom Agilulfud sought to exclude. A letter of Pope Zacharias in 747 commends Agilulfus for signing the “Charta verse et orthodoxe professionals”.
Interred next to the famed Agilulfus Altarpiece in Cologne Cathedral, the remains of the Saint are contained in a reliquary shrine created by Cologne-based goldsmith Josef Kleefisch in 1914. Prior to being placed in the Agilulfus Shrine, his remains were located in an older wooden shrine. It is interesting to note that the shrine depicts Saint Agilulfus between two angels, while the rear depicts Mary, the Mother of God between two angels. The long sides of the shrine feature eight figures, embossed in copper, who have connections to Saint Agilulfus: Saints Lambert, Anno, Hubert, Plectrude, Sigibert, Remaclus, Cunibert, and Boniface.
Little is known of the Saint but an account was written of him by a monk of Malmedy and printed by the Bollandists. According to their record, Agilulfud was of good family, was educated under Abbot Angelinus at the Benedictine monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy, and eventually became abbot there. Not long afterwards, Agilulfus was elected Bishop of Cologne. He is said to have tried to persuade the dying King Pepin against naming Charles Martel, Pepin’s his illegitimate son, as the new king; the Bishop's death by violence soon after is attributed to the vengeance of Martel, whom Agilulfud sought to exclude. A letter of Pope Zacharias in 747 commends Agilulfus for signing the “Charta verse et orthodoxe professionals”.
Interred next to the famed Agilulfus Altarpiece in Cologne Cathedral, the remains of the Saint are contained in a reliquary shrine created by Cologne-based goldsmith Josef Kleefisch in 1914. Prior to being placed in the Agilulfus Shrine, his remains were located in an older wooden shrine. It is interesting to note that the shrine depicts Saint Agilulfus between two angels, while the rear depicts Mary, the Mother of God between two angels. The long sides of the shrine feature eight figures, embossed in copper, who have connections to Saint Agilulfus: Saints Lambert, Anno, Hubert, Plectrude, Sigibert, Remaclus, Cunibert, and Boniface.
Saint Agilulfus (or, Agilolphus) of Stavelot (d. 750), was Bishop of Cologne and martyr in the eighth century. According to legend he lost his life while on a diplomatic mission during the confrontations between the Merovingians and the Carolingians, while other accounts contribute his death to the revenge of Frankish monarch Charles Martel.
Little is known of the Saint but an account was written of him by a monk of Malmedy and printed by the Bollandists. According to their record, Agilulfud was of good family, was educated under Abbot Angelinus at the Benedictine monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy, and eventually became abbot there. Not long afterwards, Agilulfus was elected Bishop of Cologne. He is said to have tried to persuade the dying King Pepin against naming Charles Martel, Pepin’s his illegitimate son, as the new king; the Bishop's death by violence soon after is attributed to the vengeance of Martel, whom Agilulfud sought to exclude. A letter of Pope Zacharias in 747 commends Agilulfus for signing the “Charta verse et orthodoxe professionals”.
Interred next to the famed Agilulfus Altarpiece in Cologne Cathedral, the remains of the Saint are contained in a reliquary shrine created by Cologne-based goldsmith Josef Kleefisch in 1914. Prior to being placed in the Agilulfus Shrine, his remains were located in an older wooden shrine. It is interesting to note that the shrine depicts Saint Agilulfus between two angels, while the rear depicts Mary, the Mother of God between two angels. The long sides of the shrine feature eight figures, embossed in copper, who have connections to Saint Agilulfus: Saints Lambert, Anno, Hubert, Plectrude, Sigibert, Remaclus, Cunibert, and Boniface.
Little is known of the Saint but an account was written of him by a monk of Malmedy and printed by the Bollandists. According to their record, Agilulfud was of good family, was educated under Abbot Angelinus at the Benedictine monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy, and eventually became abbot there. Not long afterwards, Agilulfus was elected Bishop of Cologne. He is said to have tried to persuade the dying King Pepin against naming Charles Martel, Pepin’s his illegitimate son, as the new king; the Bishop's death by violence soon after is attributed to the vengeance of Martel, whom Agilulfud sought to exclude. A letter of Pope Zacharias in 747 commends Agilulfus for signing the “Charta verse et orthodoxe professionals”.
Interred next to the famed Agilulfus Altarpiece in Cologne Cathedral, the remains of the Saint are contained in a reliquary shrine created by Cologne-based goldsmith Josef Kleefisch in 1914. Prior to being placed in the Agilulfus Shrine, his remains were located in an older wooden shrine. It is interesting to note that the shrine depicts Saint Agilulfus between two angels, while the rear depicts Mary, the Mother of God between two angels. The long sides of the shrine feature eight figures, embossed in copper, who have connections to Saint Agilulfus: Saints Lambert, Anno, Hubert, Plectrude, Sigibert, Remaclus, Cunibert, and Boniface.
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