Mummolus of Fleury

Saint Mummolus of Fleury (Mommolin, Mommole) was the second abbot of Fleury Abbey in France for thirty years, between 632 and 663. He reposed around 678. The abbey had been founded in the seventh century by Leobald.

In 660 he sent an expedition to transfer the remains of Benedict of Nursia and his sister Scholastica from Monte Cassino, the monastery ruined by the Lombards. The fuller account of Adrevald of Fleury says that a monk of Fleury named Aigulf had a dream in which he learned that the tombs of the two saints had been ruined. Mummolus gave him permission to attempt to retrieve the relics, and he was joined by some monks from Le Mans. Miraculous aid led them to the tomb at Monte Cassino and helped them smuggle the bodies to Fleury. A new monastery was founded in Le Mans for the relics of Scholastica. At Fleury, Mummolus planned to bury Benedict in the church of Saint Peter, but a miraculous shaft of light came from the smaller church of the Virgin Mary, which was taken as a sign that the relics should be placed there. The name Saint-⁠Benoît-⁠sur-⁠Loire refers to this alleged transfer. He is commemorated on 8 August as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.