Waningus

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Waningus or Vaneng (* year unknown in Rouen , † around 688) was a nobleman and royal official under Chlothar III. , later he founded the Fécamp monastery and became a monk and abbot himself.

Waningus was an influential advisor at the neustrian royal court under the Merovingian Chlothar III. and thus belongs to the environment of Audoenus von Rouen . It is said that Saint Eulalia of Barcelona appeared to him in a dream and told him how difficult it was for rich people to get to heaven. Thereupon he gave up his worldly possessions and founded the Fécamp nunnery. He himself became a monk and went to a monastery that can no longer be identified today, of which he later became abbot.

A later version of the Vita des Heiligen Wandregisel also mentions his participation in the founding of the Abbey of Saint-Wandrille . His son Desiderius von Fontenelle also entered the monastery of Saint-Wandrille as a monk.

In the Catholic Church, January 9th is the day of remembrance for him.

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SURNAME Waningus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vaneng
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Noble, royal official under Chlothar III., Monastery founder, monk and abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouen
DATE OF DEATH at 688