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Balderic, Abbot of Montfaucon
Abbot of Montfaucon
SaintFranciaPre-congregation
Feast: 22 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
580
Died
630
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Balderic (or Baudry) was the founding abbot of Montfaucon.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Connected on this site
- Beuve, Abbess of Saint Pierre de Reims Saint Brother or sister
- Doda of Reims Saint Relative
- Wandregisel Saint Pupil
Sources
- A Benedictine Martyrology (Alexius Hoffmann) — Entry: 'Bl. Balderic, abbot of Montfaucon, while still pursuing a secular career, founded a monastery for nuns at Rheims' — a Catholic (Benedictine) martyrology.
- Wikidata Q4850395 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Balderic of Montfaucon (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.