Gennard of Fontenelle

Gennard of Fontenelle (Gennardus) was a confessor and monk at Fontenelle in Normandy, and reposed in the year 720. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church and commemorated on 6 April.

He spent a long time at the court of King Clothar III, where he made friends with Saint Ansbert, who later became bishop of Rouen. Together they decided to enter the abbey of Fontenelle, founded by Saint Wandregisilus, where they met Saint Ouen (Audoin), who gave them the priesthood. When Ansbert was raised to the episcopate, he asked Gennard to help him in his pastoral ministry, which he did until Ansbert's death. He then withdrew to the abbey of Flay in the diocese of Beauvais, where he passed to the Lord.