Ouen
Ouen , Owen or Dadon ( Latin Audoenus , * around 609 in Sancy-les-Cheminots near Soissons ; † August 24, 684 in Clichy near Paris ) was Bishop of Rouen ; he was later venerated as a saint by the people . His feast day is August 24th.
family
His father was Autharius , a high official at the royal court, and his mother was Aige, heir to large estates at Jouarre . His brothers were also famous: Rado , the Austrasian house meier in the years after 613, and the holy Adon of Jouarre .
Life
An encounter with Columban von Luxeuil shaped the young Ouen, who was sent by his parents to the court of the Merovingian king Chlothar II in order to complete his education and to prepare himself for the assumption of a court office. Dagobert I. entrusted him with the state seal. He was close friends with St. Eligius of Noyon ( Saint Eloi , † 659), whose biography he wrote.
He only became a monk at the age of 30 , but was appointed Bishop of Rouen a year later (640) . He was instrumental in founding the Abbeys of Fontenelles (later renamed Saint-Wandrille Abbey ) and Jumièges and made a pilgrimage to Rome in old age .
Adoration
His place of death is now called Saint-Ouen . His body was taken to Rouen ; there he was buried in the church of St-Pierre , which was later renamed St-Ouen .
In the Normandy numerous churches were dedicated to him. Over 50 towns in northern France bear his name.
He is called on as a helper against deafness and thunder .
See also
- Saint-Ouen : list of places named after him
- Lacroix-Saint-Ouen , a place founded by Ouen
literature
- Hans Hubert Anton: Audoin. In: LThK 3 Volume 1, Col. 1175.
- Adriaan Breukelaar: Ouen (Audoenus, Dado). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 1386-1387.
- Bruno Lagrange : Dictionnaire Historique des Saints. Editions EDL-Paris, Paris, 2002, ISBN 2-84308-332-X .
- Régine Pernoud : Les saints au Moyen Age. Plon, Paris 1984, ISBN 2-259-01186-1 .
- Georg Scheibelreiter: Audoin of Rouen. In: Hartmut Atsma (ed.): La Neustrie: les pays au nord de la Loire de 650 à 850. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1989, ISBN 3-7995-7316-X , Volume 1, pp. 195-216.
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Jean-François Pommeraye: Histoire de l'Abbaye royale de S. Ouen de Rouen . Piget, Paris 1664, pp. 13-18.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Romanus |
Bishop of Rouen 641–684 |
Ansbert |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ouen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Owen; Dadon; Audoinus; Audoin of Rouen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Frankish saint and Bishop of Rouen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | at 609 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sancy-les-Cheminots near Soissons |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 684 |
| Place of death | Clichy near Paris |