# Agrestius

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For the Frankish monk, see [Agrestius of Luxeuil](/source/Agrestius_of_Luxeuil).

**Agrestius** (fl. 433–441) was the [bishop of Lugo](/source/Bishop_of_Lugo) in the Roman province of [Gallaecia](/source/Gallaecia). He attended the [Council of Orange](/source/Council_of_Orange_(441)) in the year 441. He is usually identified with the author of the *Versus Agresti episcopi de fide ad Avitum episcopum*, a poem and letter addressed to [Avitus](/source/Avitus), then prefect of Gaul. The chronicler [Hydatius](/source/Hydatius), in his account of 433, suggests that Agrestius had [Priscillianist](/source/Priscillianist) leanings.

## External links

- [Agrestius of Lugo, Eparchius Avitus, and a Curious Fifth-Century Statement of Faith - Journal of Early Christian Studies](http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_early_christian_studies/summary/v002/2.1.mathisen.html)

## References

- Consello da Cultura Galega (ed.), *Documentos da Catedral de Lugo*, (Santiago de Compostela, 1998)

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