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AGOBARD (c. 779-840)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 380 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ADA-AIZ
AGOBARD (c. 779-840) , Carolingian
prelate
  and reformer, became coadjutor to Leidrad, archbishop of Lyons, in 813, and on the death of the latter succeeded him in the see (816). We know nothing of his early
life
  nor of his descent. He pursued the same vigorous policy as his predecessor, who had been one of Charlemagne's most active agents in the reformation of the
Church
 . He was strongly opposed to the schemes of the empress Judith for a redivision of the
empire
  in favour of her son Charles the Bald, which he regarded as the cause of all the subsequent evils, and supported Lothair and Pippin against their father the emperor Louis I. Deposed in 835 by the council of Thionville, he made his peace with the emperor and was reinstated in 837.
Agobard
  occupies an important place in the Carolingian renaissance. He wrote extensively not only theological works but also political pamphlets and dissertations directed against popular superstitions. These last works are unique in the literature of the time. He denounced the trial by
ordeal
  of fire and water, the belief in witchcraft, and the ascription of tempests to magic,maintained the Carolingian opposition to image-
worship
 , but carried his logic farther and opposed the adoration of the saints. The basis for this crusade was theological, not scientific; but it reveals a clear intellect and independent judgment. In his purely theological works
Agobard
  was strictly orthodox, except that he denied the verbal
inspiration
  of the Scriptures. Agobard was reverenced as a saint in Lyons, and although his canonization is disputed his
life
  is given by the Bollandists, Acta Sanctorum, Jun. ii. 748.


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