Saint Maurus

Also known as

• Mauro

Memorial

• 15 January

Profile

Born to the nobility, the son of Equitius, a senator, and Giulia. Disciple of Saint Benedict of Nursia at age 12. Studied with Saint Placid. Deacon. Benedictine monk. Assisted Saint Benedict at Subiaco, Italy, and at Monte Cassino in 528. Founder and abbot of the abbey at Glanfeuil, France in 543; it was later renamed for him. Could heal by prayer, and there are multiple stories of him bringing the dead back to life. At the moment of the death of Saint Benedict, Maurus received a vision of his old teacher travelling a street that led to heaven.

Born

• 512 in Rome, Italy

Died

• 15 January 584 of natural causes
• relics re-discovered in 845
• relics transferred to St-Pierre-des-Fosses in 868 to avoid Norman invaders
• relics interred in the church of St-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France
• relics destroyed in 1793 during the anti-Catholic excesses of the French Revolution

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against cold
• against colds
• against goiter
• against gout
• against hoarseness
• against rheumatism
•  
• candle makers
• charcoal burners
• cobblers
• coppersmiths
• lantern makers
• porters
• shoemakers
• tailors
• tinkers
•  
• Azores
• Badajoz, Spain
• Casoria, Italy
• Saint-Bonnet-de-Vieille-Vigne, France

Representation

• abbot with book and censer
• abbot with crozier
• crutch
• monk saving Saint Placid from drowning while a cowl floats above him
• monk walking on water, which is how he reached Saint Placid to save him from drowning
• man holding the weights and measures of food and drink given him by Saint Benedict
• scales
• spade

Storefront

• medals and pendants

Additional Information

• Abbé Stéphane Ansart
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by Francis Mersman
• Catholic Online
• Citta di Casoria
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Maurus“. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 April 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>