Saint Jodocus
Also known as
- Giudoco
- Giudioco
- Iodocus
- Jodoc
- Jodokus
- Joost
- Jos
- Josse
- Jost
- Jouven
- Judganoc
- Judgeonoc
- Judoc
- Judocus
- Uzec
- Uzeg
Profile
Seventh century king in Brittany, the son of King Juthael of Amorica. Following a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy c.636, he abdicated to lead a religious life. Ordained at Ponthieu. Hermit at Runiacum, which was later renamed Saint-Josse-sur-Mer. Felt a special call to pray for sailors.
In the early 10th century, refugees from Brittany to England brought some of his relics with them, mainly clippings from his hair and nails which were reported to continue to grow after his death; they were enshrined in Winchester Cathedral. Joducus, often under the name Josse, was very popular in Middle Ages England, even used in oaths by the Wife of Bath in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
- c.668 at Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, France of natural causes
- body incorrupt
- entombed at Saint-Josse-sur-Mer
- some relics in Cathedral of Winchester, England
- a set of relics, which were ascribed to Jodocus, were found in Flanders, Belgium in 977
- against blight
- against fever
- against fire
- against plague
- against storms
- against shipwrecks
- –
- bakers
- blind people
- boatmen
- cattle
- farmers
- harvests
- hospitals
- mariners
- pilgrims
- sailors
- watermen
- –
- in France
- in Germany
- Schruns, city of
- Schruns Minster, abbey
MLA Citation
- “Saint Jodocus“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 February 2024. Web. 4 May 2024. <>