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Venerable

Himerius

A hermit in the Jura mountains of present-⁠day Switzerland, who reposed around 610.

Feast
November 12old style November 25
Reposed
6107th century
Place
Switzerland

Life

Saint Himerius was a hermit in the Jura mountains, in present-⁠day Switzerland, who reposed around 610. He is also called Imier.

The valley where he lived now bears his name, Immertal or Val-⁠Saint-⁠Imier. The sources say nothing more of his life. He is a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 12 November (New Calendar).

Commemorated the same day November 12