Aichardus of Jumièges

Saint Aichardus of Jumièges (Aicard, Achard) was abbot of the great monastery of Jumièges in Normandy and was known for his severe asceticism. He reposed in the year 687.

He was born at Poitiers, the son of an officer at the court of King Clotaire II. His father wanted him to be a soldier, but his mother intervened and he was allowed to become a monk at the monastery of Saint-⁠Jouin, where he spent thirty-⁠nine years. Saint Philibert, founder of Jumièges, set him over the community at Quinçay near Poitiers. After Philibert reposed, Aichardus succeeded him as abbot of Jumièges, where nearly a thousand monks lived.

He is commemorated on 15 September, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.