Germanus of Granfelden
first abbot of Moutier-Grandval Monastery
Feast: 21 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of Grandval in present-day Switzerland, Saint Germanus, abbot, who, having sought to defend with words of peace the people around the monastery attacked by a band of raiders, died together with the holy monk Randoald, stripped of his clothes and pierced by a lance.
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 21 February as an abbot of Grandval killed with the monk Randoald while defending local people from raiders.
Connected on this site
- Saint Modoald Saint“Germanus of Granfelden was from a wealthy senatorial family of Trier.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 21 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q345971 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Germanus of Granfelden (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.