Saint Maurus
![[Saint Maurus holy card]](saintm33.jpg "??kb jpg detail from an antique holy card of Saint Maurus, artist unknown; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Memorial
- 15 January
- Profile
- Son of Equitius, a Roman nobleman.
Disciple of Saint Benedict, and student with Saint Placid.
Deacon.
Benedictine monk.
Assisted Saint Benedict at Subiaco, Italy, and at Monte Cassino in 528.
Founder and abbot of the abbey at Glanfeuil, France in 543; it was later renamed for him.
- Died
- 584 of natural causes;
relics interred in the church of San Germain, Paris, France;
destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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against cold
against gout
against hoarseness
Azores
charcoal burners
cobblers
coppersmiths
shoemakers
- Representation
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abbot with book and censer
abbot with crozier
crutch
monk saving Saint Placid from drowning while a cowl floats above him
man holding the weights and measures of food and drink given him by Saint Benedict
scales
spade
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Catholic Encyclopedia, by Francis Mersman
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
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