Saint Judicael

Also known as

• Gaël
• Gaëlle
• Gicquel
• Giguel
• Giquel
• Iudicael
• Iudicallus
• Jekel
• Jezek
• Jezekael
• Jezekel
• Jikael
• Jikel
• Jude
• Judhael
• Judhaël
• Judhel
• Judiakel
• Judicaël
• Juhel
• Juzel
• Jézéquel

Memorial

• 16 December

Profile

Son of the king of Domnonia, Brittany (in modern France). Brother of Saint Joducus. Well-loved king of Domnonia. Abdicated to become a monk, living his last 20 years in a monastery of Gael in Vannes, France.

Died

• 658 of natural causes
• buried at Paimpont Abbey
• most relics were destroyed in the French Revolution
• remaining relics in the church of Saint-Meen

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Gaël, France
• Paimpont, France

Representation

• man with a crown at his feet and a broom in his hand to show that he gave up the royal life for a humble one

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Judicael”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 December 2010. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-judicael/>