Lothaire of Sées

Lothaire of Sées (Lothar, Loyer, Lohier) was bishop of Sées in Normandy, and reposed on 15 June 756. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church and commemorated on 15 June.

He was born about 685 in the Moselle region, probably in the area of present-⁠day Lorraine. According to legend he was at first a nobleman and soldier, then withdrew to a monastery he had founded near Argentan. In 725 Pope Gregory II named him bishop of Sées (the sixteenth) and he governed the diocese for more than thirty years. The French source says he gave up his office to prepare for death. After his repose the monastery received the name Saint-⁠Loyer-⁠des-⁠Champs in his honor, as did the commune. His relics are kept there and in the cathedral of Sées.