Saint Adjutor of Vernon

Also known as

• Adjoutr
• Ajutre
• Ayutre

Memorial

• 30 April

Profile

Lord of Vernon-sur-Seine. Norman knight in the First Crusade in 1095 during which he was captured by Muslims who tried to force him to abandon his faith. He escaped, apparently swimming to freedom, returned to France, and became a Benedictine monk at Tiron, France. Hermit in his later years.

Born

• Normandy (part of modern France)

Died

• 30 April 1131 at Tiron, France

Patronage

• against drowning
• drowning victims
• sailors
• swimmers
• swimming
• yachtsmen
• —
• Vernon, France

Representation

• Crusader hermit with a chain nearby
• Crusader hermit with a bird nearby
• man throwing part of his chains over a precipice

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Adjutor of Vernon“. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 April 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>