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Venerable

Harduin

A monk of Fontenelle, a copyist and hermit, reposed in 811.

Feast
April 20old style May 3
Reposed
8119th century
Place
Fontenelle Abbey

Life

Saint Harduin was born near Rouen and became a monk at Fontenelle in France in 749. After a time he went to live nearby as a hermit and copied the writings of the Fathers. He reposed in 811. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 20 April (new style; 3 May in the old style).

Commemorated the same day April 20