Philibert of Jumièges

Philibert of Jumièges was born around 608 in Gascony in France. At the age of twenty he became a monk and then abbot of Rébais. Later he founded Jumièges Abbey in Normandy and was its abbot.

He opposed the tyrant Ebroin and was imprisoned and exiled. Before his repose he also founded the monastery of Noirmoutier, restored Quinçay and helped several others. He reposed in 684 (685 in other accounts). He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 20 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 2 September of the civil calendar.