Raoul
English Benedictine, disciple of St. Bernard and founder of Vaucelles monastery in the Diocese of Cambrai, France
Feast: 30 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Raoul, founder of Vaucelles Abbey or Saint Raoul (a/k/a San Raul, St. Radolph, Dom Rodulphe, or Ralph of Vaucelles) (died c.1151) is a saint of the Catholic Church who founded the famous monastery of Vaucelles in France. Raoul was an English Benedictine monk who became a follower of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (who founded the Cistercian order).
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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.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Bernard of Clairvaux Saint“Bernard of Clairvaux (who founded the Cistercian order).” — Wikipedia
- Nominis (Conference of Bishops of France) — Bienheureux Raoul — 'Bienheureux Raoul (+ 1152)'.
- Wikidata Q7293731 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) (CC BY-SA)
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