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Saint Ernier
Ermite du Passais
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 9 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
560
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Ernier, Erinée or Ernée was a hermit and evangeliser of the Maine, and more precisely of the Passais, in the 6th century, originally from Aquitaine.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Saint Ernier (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 Ernier, moine à Ceaucé dans l'Orne (VIe siècle) — Exactly the person in the entry — the hermit of the Passais, ordained by St Innocent, bishop of Le Mans (532-543), who sent him to Ceaucé, where he built a church dedicated to St Martin and a cloister for thirty religiou
- Wikidata Q118195447 — 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.