William of Breteuil
11th & 12th century Benedictine abbot, lord of Breteuil, and Roman Catholic saint
Feast: 14 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
William of Breteuil or William de Breteuil (French: Guillaume de Breteuil; d. 12 January 1103) was a Norman magnate who held extensive lands in central Normandy as the lord of Breteuil at the end of the reign of King William I and during the chaotic period afterwards when William's eldest son Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, contested with his younger brother William Rufus, king of England.
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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.
- santiebeati.it, 'Guglielmo di Breteuil, Abate' — 'Guglielmo di Breteuil, Abate, Breteuil, Normandia, XI-XII sec., festa 14 luglio' — feast matches the entry exactly. (Note that the English Wikipedia article linked to this item is about the Norman magnate William de Bre
- Wikidata Q8020864 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — William of Breteuil (CC BY-SA)
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.