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Ebrulf
Frankish hermit and abbot
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 29 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
517
Died
596
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Exmes in Neustria, now in France, Saint Ebrulf, abbot of the monastery of Ouche in the time of King Childebert.
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 December as abbot of the monastery of Ouche in the time of King Childebert.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2395876 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ebrulf (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.