Agrestes was, according to the 13th-century

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Vulgate Cycle The ''Lancelot-Grail Cycle'', also known as the Vulgate Cycle or the Pseudo-Map Cycle, is an early 13th-century French Arthurian literary cycle consisting of interconnected prose episodes of chivalric romance originally written in Old French. T ...

, a

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king of

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in the time of

Joseph of Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea () is a Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after Crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion. Three of the four Biblical Canon, canonical Gospels identify him as a member of the Sanhedrin, while the ...

. Though the ''Lancelot'' section of the cycle has him converted by Joseph himself, the ''Estoire del Saint Graal'' section, written after the Vulgate ''Lancelot'' as a prequel, states that Joseph's son Josephus converted him.Lacey, Norris J., general ed., ''Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation'', Vol. 3, pp. 86-87 and note 4. He

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those of his people who converted to Christianity under Josephus' influence:

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