Saint Remaclus
- Also known as
- Rimagilus
- Memorial
- 3 September
- Profile
- Grew up in and around the royal court of Aquitaine.
Studied under Saint Sulpicius of Bourges.
Benedictine monk in 625.
Priest.
First abbot at Solignac, appointed by Saint Eligius.
Abbot of the monastery at Cugnon, duchy of Luxembourg.
Advisor to King Sigebert III.
Convinced the king to found the double abbey of Stavelot, Belgium, and Malmedy, Ardennes, France, in 648; Remaclus served as its first abbot.
Missionary bishop of Maastricht, Netherlands in 652-663, a diocese frequently out of touch with the Church and known to murder its bishops.
Worked to spread monasticism in the region.
Friend and co-worker with Saint Hadelin.
Spiritual teacher of Saint Trond, Saint Babolen, Saint Theodard, and Saint Lambert.
Eventually retired to the abbey at Stavelot.
- Born
- early 7th century Aquitaine, France
- Died
- c.673 at Stablo, Belgium of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
- Catholic Online
- Print References
- Lives of the Saints, by Omer Englebert
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