Monon of Nassogne

Holy Venerable Monon of Nassogne was born in Scotland and lived as a hermit in the forest of the Ardennes, in present-⁠day Belgium. He was murdered by robbers at Nassogne around 645 and is venerated as a martyr. He is a saint of the undivided Church.

His body, which had been beheaded, was placed in an oratory. Pilgrims began to come to his shrine, and many miracles are said to have been worked there. In the Ardennes he is the protector of livestock and is usually shown standing beside a cow. Pilgrims used to rub grass or leaves on his reliquary and give them to their cattle to guard them from epidemics, and hung a flower or bouquet in the stable. At Hubermont near La Roche-⁠en-⁠Ardenne stands the chapel of Saint-⁠Monon, a small schist building raised around 1658, and a neo-⁠Gothic church at Jévigné, built in 1850, is dedicated to him.

He is commemorated on 18 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).