Saint Acharius

Memorial

• 27 November

Profile

Monk at Luxeuil Abbey in Burgundy (in modern France) under the direction of Saint Eustace. Bishop of Noyon-Tournai in 621. Helped the missionary work of Saint Amandus of Maastricht. Worked to have Saint Omen named bishop of Thérouanne.

Died

• 640 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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