Agofredus, also known as Aifroy, (died 738)
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monk A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...

and

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. His memorial is June 21.

Life

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known throughout

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for his holiness, he was the brother of St.

Leutfridus LeutfridusAlso rendered Leutfrid, Leufroi, or Leufroy. was a French monk and saint of the eighth century. Life Leutfridus studied at Condat Abbey and at Chartres, and was for a time a teacher at Evreux. A Benedictine, he was also a spiritual st ...

(Leufroy), whom he succeeded as

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of the Benedictine monastery at La-Croix Saint-Ouen in June 738.Goyau, Georges. "Evreux." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 23 Mar. 2015
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agofredus 738 deaths French Benedictines 8th-century Frankish saints Year of birth unknown