Agrestes was, according to the 13th-century
Arthurian Vulgate Cycle, a
pagan
Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. ...
king of
Camelot in the time of
Joseph of Arimathea. Though the ''Lancelot'' section of the cycle has him converted by Joseph himself, the ''Estoire del Saint Graal'' section, written after the Vulgate ''Lancelot'' as a prequel, states that Joseph's son Josephus converted him.
[Lacey, Norris J., general ed., ''Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation'', Vol. 3, pp. 86-87 and note 4.] He
persecuted
Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms ...
those of his people who
converted to Christianity
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under Josephus' influence:
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