Balderic of Montfaucon

Holy Venerable Balderic of Montfaucon, also called Baudry, was an abbot and monastery founder in Gaul in the 7th century. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

According to an oral tradition written down three centuries later by Flodoard, a canon of Reims, he and his sister Bova (Beuve) were children of Sigebert I, King of Austrasia. Balderic was ordained a priest and founded the monastery of Montfaucon in Lorraine. In 639 he built a convent at Reims, Saint-⁠Pierre-⁠les-⁠Dames, for his sister, and their niece Dode later served there as abbess.

Balderic was guide and teacher to Saint Wandrille, who stayed at Montfaucon after parting from his wife in 628. The abbot fell asleep in the Lord at Reims, during a visit to his sister.

He is commemorated on 16 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).