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Hunfrid of Prüm
Benedictine monk
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Feast: 8 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
869
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the territory of Thérouanne in France, Saint Hunfrid, bishop, who, after the destruction of the city by the Normans, strove without rest to gather and comfort his flock.
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 8 March as a bishop of Thérouanne who gathered and comforted his flock after the Normans destroyed the city.
Connected on this site
- Nicholas I Saint“Hunfrid of Prüm (died 8 March, 871), also known as Saint Humphrey, was an East Frankish Benedictine monk at Prüm Abbey who was promoted to bishop of Thérouanne in Gaul in 856 by Pope Nicholas I.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4152128 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hunfrid of Prüm (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.