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Jouin
SaintDate unknown
Born
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Died
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Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Jouin was a 4th-century hermit of Poitou, then the head of a monastic community which became the monastery of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes, one of the oldest in France. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and is honoured locally on 1 June, or together with the other holy monks and hermits of Poitou on 13 November.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Jouin (saint) (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.
Sources
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France) — Saint Jouin — "Saint Jouin — Ermite puis abbé dans les Deux-Sèvres (IVe siècle)"; Butler mentions "the abbey of St Jouin at Ansion in Poitou".
- Wikidata Q125931993 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.