Saint Contentius of Bayeux

Also known as

• Contestus

Memorial

• 19 January

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Bishop of Bayeux, Normandy, France, from 480 until his death. He was so zealous in his preaching the proper way to live that he angered many powerful local people, and occasionally had to withdraw to live as a hermit for his own safety.

Died

• c.510 in Normandy, France of natural causes
• buried in the church of Saint Exuperius
• relics transferred to Fécamp Abbey on 11 April 1162
• some relics transfered to Saint Vigor Abbey in Bayeux, France in 1682

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Contentius of Bayeux“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 January 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>