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Waningus
French saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 9 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
686
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Waningus (also Vaneng) (born in Rouen, died c. 683) was a Merovingian count and royal official under Clotaire III. He assisted Wandrille in establishing Fontenelle Abbey, and later founded Fécamp Abbey. He is recognized as a Christian saint.
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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.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 9 January: 'St Waningus, or Vaneng' — Butler gives him his own entry at 9 January — the feast in this entry — as the Merovingian count under Clotaire III who helped St Wandrille found Fontenelle and himself founded Fécamp.
- Wikidata Q377195 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Waningus (CC BY-SA)
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