Blessed Convoyon of Redon

Also known as

• Convoyon of Brittany
• Conwoion of….
• Convoion of….
• Convoio of….
• Konvoion of….
• Konvoyon of….
• Konwoion of….

Memorial

• 5 January
• 28 December translation of relics

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 788 Saint-Malo, Brittany (in modern France

Died

• 5 January 868 at Saint-Maixent-de-Plélan monastery, Plélan, France of natural causes
• re-interred at Redon Abbey
• relics destroyed during the French Revolution

Beatified

• 3 May 1866 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Convoyon of Redon“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 January 2013. Web. 26 May 2013. <>