Babolenus

Saint Babolenus, a venerable father (Babolein, Babolinus), was the first abbot of the monastery of Saint-⁠Maur-⁠des-⁠Fossés, near Paris. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church and remembered on 26 June in the Western calendar. According to one source he died between 660 and 670.

He was a monk at Luxeuil and a disciple of Saint Columbanus. On 20 May 624 he received, together with Rauracus, bishop of Nevers, the last breath of Saint Austregisilus, archbishop of Bourges. In 639 the Parisian deacon Blidegisile obtained from Queen Nanthild, widow of Dagobert I and regent for her son Clovis II, the gift of the bend of the Marne where Saint-⁠Maur-⁠des-⁠Fossés now stands, to build a monastery there. The church was dedicated to the Virgin and to the holy apostles Peter and Paul. From 9 May 641 Babolenus is mentioned as the first abbot.