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Grimbald
Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Saint Bertin
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Feast: 8 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
827
Died
901
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Grimbald (or Grimwald) (c. 820s – 8 July 901) was a 9th-century Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Bertin near Saint-Omer, France.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Menology of the Benedictine Order, 8 July — 'St. Grimbald, abbot at Winchester in England, was a native of St Omer in Flanders and was a monk at Sithiu... Alfred pressed Grimbald to accept [Canterbury], but the Saint preferred to remain a monk and was appointed ab
- Wikidata Q324914 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Grimbald of Saint-Bertin (CC BY-SA)
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