Saint Convoyon of Redon

Also known as

• Conwoion of Redon

Memorial

• 5 January

Profile

Archdeacon of Vannes, France. Hermit. Benedictine monk at Glanfeuil, France. Founded Saint Savior monastery near Redon, France in 831, and served as its first abbot. Spiritual teacher of Saint Fidweten. Invading Norseman attacked the monastery and drove him into exile where he spent his later years.

Born

• in Brittany (in modern France

Died

• 868 of natural causes

Canonized

• 1866 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Convoyon of Redon”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 December 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-convoyon-of-redon/>