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Venerable

Carilefus

A disciple of Saint Avitus and founder of Anille Abbey in Gaul, reposed around 536.

Feast
July 1old style July 14
Reposed
5366th century
Place
St Avitus

Life

Saint Carilefus (also called Calais, Carilephus or Carileff) was a hermit, a companion of Saint Avitus, and founded the monastery of Anille (Anisole) in Maine in France. He reposed around 536 according to the calendar or in 541 according to Wikipedia. The town of Saint-⁠Calais bears his name.

According to his ancient biography, the Vita Carileffi, King Childebert I granted him lands after encountering the hermit in a forest where the king was hunting. Laumer was his successor, and another successor, Siviard, wrote the Life. He is commemorated on 1 July, as a saint of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day July 1