Raoul
English Benedictine, disciple of St. Bernard and founder of Vaucelles monastery in the Diocese of Cambrai, France
Feast: 30 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Raoul, founder of Vaucelles Abbey or Saint Raoul (a/k/a San Raul, St. Radolph, Dom Rodulphe, or Ralph of Vaucelles) (died c.1151) is a saint of the Catholic Church who founded the famous monastery of Vaucelles in France. Raoul was an English Benedictine monk who became a follower of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (who founded the Cistercian order).
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Bernard of Clairvaux Saint“Bernard of Clairvaux (who founded the Cistercian order).” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q7293731 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) (CC BY-SA)
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