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
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