Saint Deicola

Also known as: Deel
Deicolus
Deille
Delle
Desle
Dichul
Memorial: 18 January
Profile: Older brother of Saint Gall. Monk. Studied at Bangor under Saint Comgall and Saint Columba. Evangelized in Austrasia and Burgundy in 567. One of the twelve who accompanied Saint Columba to France and helped found the abbey of Luxeuil. When Saint Columba was exiled by Thierry II, Deicola, too old to accompany him, founded the monastery of Lure in the Vosges, France. He then retired to the monastery as a hermit.
Born: in Leinster, Ireland
Died: 625 at Vosges, France of natural causes
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Additional Information: Catholic Online
Catholic Encyclopedia
For All The Saints
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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