What is Agilbert?
'''Agilbert''' (flourished 650–{{circa|685}}) was [[Frankish]] by birth and educated in Ireland. He became the second Bishop to the [[Wessex|West Saxons]] after Bishop [[Birinus]]. Following a disagreement with king [[Cenwalh of Wessex]] he returned to [[Gaul]] to eventually become the Bishop of Paris. == Career == === Wessex === Agilbert studied in Ireland for several years.<ref name=Farmer6>David Farmer, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints'', Fifth Edition Revised (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 6</ref> In 650 he came to Wessex as a [[:en:wikt:missionary|missionary]].<ref>Charles Dodd, ''Church History of England'', Vol. I (London: Charles Dolman, 1840), p. 44</ref> Cenwalh, the king, was impressed by his background he offered Agilbert the [[:en:wikt:bishopric|bishopric]] of [[Dorchester]].<ref>Bede, ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', trans. Leo Sherley Price, revsd. R. E. Latham (London; New York: Penguin, 1990), p. 154</ref> This was the seat originally given to Bishop Birinus who founded a church at Dorchester on Thames.<ref>Frank Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 118</ref> Birinus had died in 650 and Cenwalh was looking for a replacement.<ref name=Ashley304>Mike Ashley, ''The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens'' (New york: Carroll & Graf, 1999), p. 304</ref> But after some time Cenwalh grew tired of not being able to understand the bishop, who apparently did not speak the [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon language]].<ref>Peter Hunter Blair, ''The World of Bede'' (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990). p. 111</ref> Cenwalh created a new [[diocese]] at Winchester in 660 and made [[Wine (bishop)|Wine]] the first bishop.{{efn|Wine was the third bishop in Wessex. Birinus was the first and Agilbert the second.<ref>Bede, ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', trans. Leo Sherley Price, revsd. R. E. Latham (London; New York: Penguin, 1990), p. 223</ref>}}<ref name=Ashley304/> Agribert took offense at not being consulted and left his