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Fromond de Coutances
7th century bishop of Coutances
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 24 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
690
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Coutances in Neustria, also in France, Saint Fromond, bishop, who founded a convent of nuns at Ham and exercised his pastoral ministry in the love of the Lord.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 24 October as a bishop of Coutances who founded a convent of nuns at Ham.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2423354 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.