Saint Jodocus
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- Also known as
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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
- 7th 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
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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
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Catholic Online
Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon deutsch
Andreas Haasis-Berner deutsch
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