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Agon

SaintDate unknown

Feast: 20 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

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unknown

Died

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unknown

Beatified

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not on record

Canonised

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not on record

Who they were

Agon was one of the very first bishops of Poitiers, around the 3rd century, and the earliest whose existence is historically certain. He is traditionally recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Agon (évêque de Poitiers) (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.

The miracles

Limited information is available on this saint so far.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information is available on this saint so far.

Sources

Nominis (French Bishops' Conference) — Saint Agon — "Troisième évêque de Poitiers (IIIe siècle)" — kept on 20 January, matching the feast.
Wikidata Q118496827 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.