Agilus of Rebais

Saint Agilus, also called Ayeul, was a Frankish nobleman who became a missionary in Bavaria, then abbot of the monastery of Rebais near Paris. He lived from about 580 to 650. He is venerated as a saint and commemorated on 30 August. His name also appears in the forms Agilo, Aisle, Ail or Aile.

He came of a noble Frankish family, the son of Chagnoald, and traced his descent, by tradition, from Pharamond and Frotmund. He was raised by Saint Columbanus at the monastery of Luxeuil in France. He then set out to preach in Bavaria, together with Saint Eustace of Luxeuil. By tradition, the monastery of Weltenburg in Bavaria was founded around 617, in the course of the Irish and Scottish mission, by Agilus and Eustace, two monks of Luxeuil.

At the council of Clichy on 1 May 636 Agilus was made the first abbot of the monastery of Rebais. He died in 650 and was buried in the church of Saint-⁠Jean, which became the parish church of the town of Rebais. His successor as abbot was his disciple, Saint Philibert.