Aigulf was an exceptionally dedicated believer in strict Benedictine order: when a monastery he considered weak held custody of the Benedict’s bones, Aigulf stole them for safe-keeping. Later in life, on the coast of the Cote d’Azur, he commanded a monastery of his own, perhaps too strictly for such a naturally relaxing climate. Benedict’s Rule famously prescribes absolute obedience to an abbot, but Aigulf’s own monks weren’t having it. I’m not sure what he did, specifically, but they rose up against him. Troops were called in! Aigulf was arrested and banished to the island of Capri, where he was blinded and murdered.
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