Saint Jodocus

Also known as

Iodocus
Jodoc
Jodokus
Joost
Josse
Jost
Jouven
Judganoc
Judgeonoc
Judoc
Judocus

Memorial

13 December
9 January in Winchester (translation of relics)
26 July in Amiens, France

Profile

Seventh century king in Brittany, the son of King Juthael of Amorica. Following a pilgrimage to Rome c.636, he abdicated. Ordained at Ponthieu. Hermit at Runiacum, which was later renamed Saint-Josse-sur-Mer. Felt a special call to pray for sailors.

In the early 10th century, refugees from Brittany to England brought some of his relics with them, mainly clippings from his hair and nails which were reported to continue to grow after his death; they were enshrined in Winchester Cathedral. Joducus, often under the name Josse, was very popular in Middle Ages England, even used in oaths by the Wife of Bath in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Died

c.668 at Saint-Josse-sur-Mer of natural causes
body incorrupt
entombed at Saint-Josse-sur-Mer
some relics at Winchester Cathedral
a set of relics, which were ascibed to Jodocus, were found in Flanders in 977

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Patronage

against fever
against fire
against storms
against shipwrecks
boatmen
harvest
mariners
sailors
watermen

Representation

man with a pilgrim's staff in his hand and a crown at his feet

Additional Information

Catholic Online
Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon deutsch
Andreas Haasis-Berner deutsch

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