Jouin

Saint Jouin (Jovinus) was a hermit of Poitou in the fourth century, then head of a monastic community that became the monastery of Saint-⁠Jouin-⁠de-⁠Marnes, one of the oldest in France. According to tradition he came from Silly, near Loudun, of a well-⁠off family, and his brother Saint Maximinus was one of the first archbishops of Trier. According to the legend, around 342 he founded an oratory near Ension, and later a monastery rose there, named first after the Gallo-⁠Roman village of Ension, then Saint-⁠Jouin-⁠de-⁠Marnes. After the abbey of Saint-⁠Martin at Ligugé, founded in 361, it was one of the oldest in France.

His preaching and kind conduct led to the veneration he enjoys. His bones are kept as relics in the small church of the Carolingian monastery. He is commemorated locally on 1 June or, together with the other monastic saints and hermits of Poitou, on 13 November. He is venerated in the Catholic Church.