Maurontius of Douai

Saint Maurant

Maurontius of Douai[1] (died c.700) was a nobleman and Benedictine abbot.

His parents were Richtrudis and Adalbard.[2]

He is a Catholic saint, with feast day May 5.,[3] especially venerated in Douai.[4] His sisters Clotsinda, Adalsinda and Eusebia are also saints.

Notes

  1. Maurontus, Mauruntius, Maurantius, Mauront, Mauron, Maurant.
  2. David Hugh Farmer, Butler's Lives of the Saints (May) (1996), p. 30.
  3. http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0505.shtml
  4. Litany from Douai 14th century

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