Blessed Hildemar of Arrouaise

Also known as

• Heldemar of Arrouaise

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

• German

Died

• murdered c.1097 by a priest posing as an Augustinian novice

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Hildemar of Arrouaise”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-hildemar-of-arrouaise/>