December 15 - Saint Mesmin - Abbot of Micy - 520 - Micy Abbey
Saint Maximinus of Micy
Also known as
Maximin
Mesmin
Memorial
15 December
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Nephew of Saint Eusebius of Orleans. Co-founder and first abbot of the Abbey of Micy, France on land donated by King Clovis. Legend says that at one point he prayed a dragon into submission, and then spent his later years as hermit in the dragon’s former cave.
Born
Verdun, France
Died
520 of natural causes
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
cybrotius
Our Lady, Queen of the Seraphic Order
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Adalbero of Metz
Bacchus the Younger
Charles Steeb
Christiana the Slave
Florentius of Bangor
Julia of Arezzo
Marco of Jativa
Margaret of Fontana
Maria della Pace
Marino of Cava
Mary di Rosa
Maximinus of Micy
Offa of Essex
Paul of Latros
Silvia of Constantinople
Tangwn ab Caradog
Urbicus
Valerian of Abbenza
Victoria Strata
Virginia Centurione Bracelli
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Martyrs of Drina – (5 beati)
Martyrs of North Africa – (7 saints)
Martyrs of Rome – (22 saints)
Martyred in the Spanish Civil War
Pau Gracia Sánchez
Ramón Eirin Mayo