Momble

Momble was a monk of Irish origin, apostle of Chauny in Picardy, in the seventh century. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church.

According to tradition, he came to France with Saint Gobain and Saint Fursey and withdrew to the monastery of Lagny-⁠sur-⁠Marne, of which he became abbot. Saint Eligius sent him to preach in the surroundings of Chauny. He settled at Condren, where he ended his life. At his death his body was laid in his oratory and then in the church of Notre-⁠Dame at Chauny. In 1567 the Calvinists desecrated his relics; only his head was saved, and it has since been kept in the treasury of the church.

He is patron of the town of Chauny, where his feast, 18 November, is kept every year, according to the Western calendar (new style). The fair of the town long bore the name "Sainte-⁠Momble".