Saint Stephen of Muret

Also known as

• Stephen of Grandmont

Memorial

• 8 February

Profile

Educated at Benevento, Italy from age 12 by Archbishop Milo. Founder of the Benedictine house of Grandmont in the forest of Muret, in Limousin, France. Abbot of the house, though never formally a monk.

Born

• c.1046 at Thiers, Auvergne, France

Died

• 8 February 1124 of natural causes

Canonized

• 1189 by Pope Clement III

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Stephen of Muret”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-stephen-of-muret/>