Conuvoion
Conuvoion ( Conwoïon , Convoyon ) (* around 800 in Comblessac near Saint-Malo ; † 868 in Maxent or in Plélan ) was a Breton saint. He was the first abbot of Redon .
Conuvoion was a nobleman of Breton descent. He was educated in Vannes by Bishop Raginarius and ordained a deacon . He was Archdeacon of Vannes before entering the Benedictine order and retreating into solitude. In 831 or 832 he founded the Abbey of Saint-Sauveur near Redon (Rodon) and became its first abbot. He is said to have performed numerous miracles. Conuvoion had good relations with Nominoë , the duke and future king of Brittany, who provided Redon with the booty from the sacking of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil . The monastery was finally abandoned because of the Norman incursions , and the monks withdrew to Plélan. Conuvoion resigned as abbot because of advanced age and died a year later on January 5, 868. He was succeeded by Ritcant (867-871). Conuvoion's bones were transferred to Redon but were lost during the French Revolution.
St. Conuvoion was friends with St. Fiacrius .
Conuvoion was founded in 1866 by Pope Pius IX. canonized. His feast day is January 5th.
literature
- Guy Devailly (Ed.): Histoire religieuse de la Bretagne. Chambray-les-Tours, p. 318.
Web links
- Catholic Online Saints - St. Convoyon ( Memento of February 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- Sacred Texts (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Daniel Pichot, Georges Provost (Ed.): Histoire de Redon de l'abbaye à la ville. Presses universitaires de Rennes et Société archéologique et historique d'Ille-et-Vilaine, 2015, p. 71
- ^ J. Stany-Gauthier: Les saints bretons protecteurs des récoltes et des jardins. In: Arts et traditions populaires 1/4 (1953) pp. 307–321
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Conuvoion |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conwoion |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of Saint-Sauveur (Redon), saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Comblessac |
| DATE OF DEATH | 868 |
| Place of death | unsure: Maxent |