Saint Richimir

Also known as

• Richimirus
• Rigomer

Memorial

• 17 January

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Benedictine monk. With a group of disciple brother monks, and with the support of the bishop of Le Mans, France, he founded the Benedictine monastery now known as Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois in the Loire Valley of France, and served as its first abbot.

Died

• c.715 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Richimir”. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 January 2011. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-richimir/>