Saint Maximinus of Micy

Also known as

• Mesmin

Memorial

• 15 December

Profile

Nephew of Saint Euspicius. Co-founder and first abbot of the Abbey of Micy, France on land donated by King Clovis. Legend says that at one point he prayed a dragon into submission, and then spent his later years as hermit in the dragon’s former cave.

Born

• Verdun, France

Died

• 520 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Maximinus of Micy”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 December 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-maximinus-of-micy/>