Ereptiole

Ereptiole (Éreptiole) was, according to the French source, born around 400 and died in 473, the first bishop of Coutances in the 5th century (around 430-474). He evangelized the pagans of the region and had a first wooden church built. Around 435 he is said to have evangelized Cherbourg, where around 436 he is said to have founded the asylum of the Maison de Dieu, built on the bank of the stream Bucaille; this institution of public charity lasted until 1053. No other details survive in our sources; we have no day of commemoration. A saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.