Saint Guarinus of Sion

Also known as

• Guarinus of Molesmes
• Guarinus of Sitten
• Guarin of….
• Guerin of….
• Warin of….
• Warinus of….

Memorial

• 6 January

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Cistercian Benedictine monk at Molesmes. Spiritual student of Saint Robert of Molesme. Abbot at Aulps near Geneva, Switzerland. Bishop of Sion in the Valais region of Switzerland.

Born

• 1065 at Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine (in modern France)

Died

• late August 1150 of natural causes
• relics enshrined in the church of Plan-d’Avant in Saint-Jean-d’Aulps, Switzerland in 1886

Patronage

• against plague
• cattle

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Guarinus of Sion“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 January 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>