Juvinus

Saint Juvinus (Juvin the swineherd) was a swineherd of Champagne, venerated in the diocese of Reims in France as a saint of the 10th century. He was born around 897 in the region of Dormois, of poor parents, and received lessons from a priest named Alambert.

In the service of a lord, Marc, near Doulcon, he led the pigs into the forest of Serre (Argonne). He used the opportunity to preach, by word and example, to the other herdsmen, who cleared a hillside and built an oratory there. Count Marc and his wife Julia visited him; Juvinus planted his staff in the ground as an example of the resurrection, and the staff turned green. Seeing this, the two were converted. He died under an oak; he was to be buried at Senuc, but his body could not be moved and rests in the oratory of Saint-⁠Juvin near Aire. Archbishop Adalbero of Reims declared him blessed. He is shown as a swineherd.

His feast is on 3 October, and in the diocese of Châlons on 30 October, the day of his burial. In 1052 Guy of Châtillon had two shrines made with the body found in the oratory and took one to Reims; another translation is attested in 1744. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.