Saint Maurus

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: against cold
against gout
against hoarseness
Azores
charcoal burners
cobblers
coppersmiths
shoemakers
Representation: 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: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia, by Francis Mersman
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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