Saint
Germain of Talloires
A saint honored at Talloires in Savoy, who reposed in 1050.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
- Era
- 11th century
Life
Germain of Talloires was a Benedictine monk, then a hermit, in Savoy, and he died at Talloires in 1050 (by the source, around 1018 or 1050). He is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is not to be confused with Saint Germain of Montfort (906 to 1000), a priest and Benedictine monk at Talloires.
He is said to have been born in Flanders and studied in Paris, then entered the Benedictine order. Around 1020 Abbot Iterius of Savigny sent him, with others, to found a monastery near Lake Annecy, at Talloires, where there was already a chapel dedicated to the Mother of God. Germain was prior of the new monastery, dependent on Savigny, and was the teacher of the future saint Bernard of Menthon.
Afterward, again at Talloires, he withdrew to live as a hermit for some forty years in a cave in the mountain above the present village of Saint-Germain-de-Joux. By day he stayed there, and at night he went down to the monastery. He died there. The veneration of the hermit is attested from the 12th century.
The dates in the source do not agree with each other, so his life is uncertain. He is a local saint of the West; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.