Martyr
Maimbodo
A holy monastic of the West from the age of the undivided Church.
- Feast
- January 23old style February 5
- Era
- 9th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Maimbodo was an Irish pilgrim and hermit of the 9th century, killed by robbers at Dampierre near Besançon in Burgundy. He is remembered on 23 January.
He was an Irish Christian who chose a life of ascetic struggle and set out on pilgrimage to several holy places of Europe. On the way he was killed by robbers. From the 9th and 10th centuries he has been honored as a martyr in the Besançon region.
His veneration was confirmed by Pope Leo XIII in 1900. He is a saint of the West, honored locally; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.
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