Saint
Andrew of Elnon
Saint of Elnon, who reposed in the 7th century, venerated in the Western Church.
- Feast
- February 6old style February 19
- Reposed
- 6907th century
- Place
- Elnone Abbey
Life
Saint Andrew of Elnon, a venerable father, was a disciple of Saint Amand at Elnon (the monastery that would take the name Saint-Amand) and succeeded him as abbot. He reposed around 690. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church and remembered on 6 February, the day on which Saint Amand is also remembered, in the Western calendar. Our sources give no exact day of death and no other details of his life.
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