HHH. Bishop of Lyons

779 A.D. AGOBARD, 840 A.D.

BISHOP OF LYONS.

HHHThe record of the date of the birth inscribed by his own hand is extant in Bede's Martyrology, which is preserved at Rome. This book states that Agobard was born in Spain and came to France when three years of age. At thirty-seven he became Archbishop of Lyons, and was one of the most celebrated and learned prelates of the ninth century.