Saint Deodatus of Nevers

Also known as

• Adeodate
• Didier
• Die
• DieuDonne

Memorial

• 19 June

Profile

Monk. Founder of Ebersheimmunster, near Strasbourg, France, served as its first abbot. Bishop of Nevers, France c.655. Attended the synod of Sens in 657. Founded Valde-Galilee-Jointures Abbey c.660. Late in life he retired to live as a prayerful hermit in the Vosges.

Born

• Gaul (modern France)

Died

• c.679 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Catholic Online
• Catholic Online
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Deodatus of Nevers“. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 June 2013. Web. 18 June 2013. <>