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Desiderius of Fontenelle

Founder of Fecamp Abbey

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 18 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

700

Died

700

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Waningus (also Vaneng) (born in Rouen, died c. 683) was a Merovingian count and royal official under Clotaire III. He assisted Wandrille in establishing Fontenelle Abbey, and later founded Fécamp Abbey. He is recognized as a Christian saint.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources

Wikidata Q692981 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Desiderius of Fontenelle (CC BY-SA)

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