Blessed Hildemar of Arrouaise

Also known as

• Heldemar
• Hilmar

Memorial

• 13 January

Profile

Court chaplain to William the Conqueror in England. Hermit in the forest of Arrouaise, Artois (in modern France) in 1090. His reputation for sanctity attracted disciples, and with them he founded the Augustinian monastery at Arrouaise. Martyr.

Born

• Tounai, Belgium

Died

• murdered c.1097 by a priest posing as an Augustinian novice at Arrouaise, Arras, France

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Hildemar of Arrouaise“. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 January 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>