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Dodon de Wallers
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 29 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
682
Died
760
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Moustier-en-Fagne in the territory of Cambrai in France, Saint Dodo, abbot, who, placed at the head of the monastery of Wallers, preferred the life of a hermit.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 29 October as an abbot of Wallers who preferred the life of a hermit.
Connected on this site
- Ursmar Saint Teacher
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q36697106 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.