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Hermeland d'Indre
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 25 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
640
Died
720
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
On the island of Indre near Nantes in France, Saint Hermeland, who, having left the king's court, became a monk at Fontenelle and was then the first abbot of the monastery of that place.
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 25 March as a courtier who became a monk at Fontenelle and first abbot of the monastery on the island of Indre.
Connected on this site
- Lantbert von Lyon Saint Teacher
- Victor de Cambon Saint“A disciple of Saint Friard d'Indret, Saint Martin of Vertou or Saint Hermeland d'Indre.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3134198 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.