Saint
Hippolytus of Saint-Claude
Bishop of Belley
Abbot of Saint-Claude and Bishop of Belley, who reposed around 775.
- Feast
- November 28old style December 11
- Reposed
- 7758th century
- Place
- Saint-Claude
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Saint Hippolytus of Saint-Claude was a bishop, of Belley according to one source, and then lived as a hermit at Saint-Claude in Franche-Comté, France. He reposed around 775 (another source gives 769).
Our records also show him as abbot of the monastery of Saint-Claude. He is a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 28 November (New Calendar); the calendar sometimes also lists him on 20 November.
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