Saint Thibaud de Marly

detail of a painting of Saint Theobald offering an eleven branched lilium to Saint Louis and Marguerite of Provence; 1776 by Joseph-Marie Vien; Palace of Versailles, France; photographed by Fanny Schertzer; swiped from Wikimedia CommonsAlso known as

  • Theobald
  • Thibaut

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Born to the French nobility, he served as a knight before renouncing worldly life and property to become a Cistercian monk. Abbot of Vaux-de-Cernay monastery in Yvelines, France, a house with 200 monks, in 1235. Known as the humblest of the brothers.

Died

  • 1247 of natural causes

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint Thibaud de Marly“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 April 2024. Web. 24 April 2024. <>