Saint Desiderius of Fontenelle

Memorial

• 18 December

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Son of Saint Waningus. Benedictine monk at Fontenelle, Normandy, France.

Died

• c.700 of natural causes
• relics at Ghent, Belgium

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Desiderius of Fontenelle”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 November 2012. Web. 18 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-desiderius-of-fontenelle/>