Saint Calais of Anisola

Also known as

• Carilefus of Anisola
• Calevisus of Anisola

Memorial

• 1 July

Profile

Grew up at the Menat monastery in Riom, France. Friend of Saint Avitus of Perche. Ordained at Saint-Mesmin de Micy Abbey near Orleans, France. Hermit in the Maine-et-Loire region of France. His reputation for holiness attracted so many would-be students that he founded the Benedictine Anisola Abbey for them on land donated by King Childebert I; Carilefus served as its first abbot, and the town of Saint-Calais, France that grew up around the abbey is named for him.

Born

• Auvergne, France

Died

• 536 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Calais of Anisola”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 June 2010. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-calais-of-anisola/>