Saint Porcarius of Lérins

Memorial

• 12 August

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Benedictine monk. Abbot of Lérins, France, a house of 500 monks. Warned in a vision that the monastery would be attacked, he managed to evacuate about three dozen of the students and younger brothers to the mainland by boat; Porcarius and all but four of the remaining brothers were massacred by invading Saracens. Martyr.

Died

• c.732 at Lérins, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Porcarius of Lérins”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 June 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-porcarius-of-lerins/>