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Saint Bercharius

Saint Bercharius Also known as

Bercario
Bererus

26 March
13 March on some calendars
27 March on some calendars
14 October on some calendars
16 October on some calendars

Profile

Godson of Saint Nivard of Rheims; student of Saint Remaclus of Maestricht. Monk at Luxeuil Abbey under the leadership of Saint Walbert. First abbot of Hautvillers Abbey; he expanded it and built other houses, one of which was populated by brothers who were redeemed slaves. First abbot of Montier-en-Der Abbey. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy and to the Holy Lands, bringing back relics for his houses. Venerated as a martyr as he died defending the principles of his religious order.

Born

636 in Aquitaine (in modern France)

Died

fatally stabbed on Holy Thursday, 28 March 696 at Moutier-en-Der Abbey by his godson, a monk named Daguin, whom Bercharius had reprimanded
died on Easter Sunday, 31 March 696 forgiving his killer
relics taken to a church in Burgundy, France in the 9th century to protect them from invading Normans, but were returned to the abbey by 924
some relics taken to the collegiate church of Châteauvillain, Haute-Marne, France, but were destroyed in the anti-Christian excesses of the French Revolution