Blessed Didier of Thérouanne

Also known as

• Desiderius of Thérouanne

Memorial

• 20 January

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Bishop of Thérouanne, France. Founder of the Cistercian Sainte-Colombe Abbey in Blandecques, France. Late in life he retired and spent his last days in prayer in a Cistercian monastery.

Died

• 1194 of natural causes

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Didier of Thérouanne”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-didier-of-therouanne/>