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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