Saint John I Agnus (French - ''Saint Jean l’Agneau'') was the 25th

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. He lived in the 7th century and is considered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

A farmer and the son of a rich landowner, he lived in Tihange, then a village near

Huy Huy ( or ; nl, Hoei, ; wa, Hu) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the ''sillon industriel'', the former industrial ...

. He was so well known for his pious life that he was chosen to succeed the 24th bishop of Tongres in 596, 625/626, 631 or even 639/640

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, ', vol. VI : ', 1713, p. 225–227. according to different sources. These sources are mainly drawn from the saint's ''Vita'' in the ''Gesta Episcoporum Leodiensis'' by abbot

Heriger of Lobbes Herigerus ( – 31 October 1007) was a Benedictine monk, often known as Heriger of Lobbes for serving as abbot of the abbey of Lobbes between 990 and 1007. Remembered for his writings as theologian and historian, Herigerus was a teacher to numero ...

, a contemporary of bishop

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. He only served as bishop for six years before dying and was buried, according to his own wishes, in the chapel of

Saints Cosmas and Damian Cosmas and Damian ( ar, قُزما ودميان, translit=Qozma wa Demyaan; grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς καὶ Δαμιανός, translit=Kosmás kai Damianós; la, Cosmas et Damianus; AD) were two Arab physicians in the town Cyrrhus, and were r ...

which he had built in a tower of the castle at Huy.

References

Bibliography

* Freddy Van Daele, ''Saint Jean l'Agneau de Tihange'', Bande Dessinée,2011, éd. Alfred Van Daele, Hosdent-sur-Mehaigne. {{DEFAULTSORT:John I Agnus, St 7th-century births 7th-century deaths Belgian Roman Catholic saints Bishops of Liège