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Saint Agricola (Agricol Agricolus) of Avignon (c. 630–c. 700) was a bishop of Avignon. According to tradition Agricola (farmer) was the son of Saint Magnus also a bishop of the city. At the age of sixteen he was professed a monk at the Abbey of Lérins. However at the age of thirty he was summoned by his father Magnus to Avignon where he was appointed coadjutor. When his father died in 660 he succeeded as bishop. He built a church in the city that was staffed by the monks of Lérins.

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