Porcaire

Saint Porcaire (Porcaria) was a saint of the fifth century, a native of Civitavecchia in Italy, who died at Pontigny in Burgundy. She was the sister of Camilla, Magnentia, Pallasia and Maxima, who brought the body of Saint Germanus back to Auxerre after his death at Ravenna. Only two of them survived, Maxima and Porcaria. After the body of Saint Germanus was laid in its tomb, Porcaria withdrew to a solitary place beyond the river Serein and built a hermitage there.

After her death the faithful raised a chapel on her tomb, whose lands passed in 1119 to the abbey of Pontigny. In the nineteenth century the place was in ruins. Her commemoration is on 8 October (new style). She is venerated in the Catholic Church, as a saint of the undivided Church.