Remaclus of Maastricht

Remaclus of Maastricht was born into a noble family of Aquitaine in France and became a monk. He was the first abbot of Solignac near Limoges and then abbot of Cougnon in Luxembourg. About the year 648 he founded the monasteries of Stavelot and Malmedy in Belgium, and in 652 he became bishop of Maastricht. He was a missionary bishop. He reposed around 663 (673 in other accounts). He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 3 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 16 September of the civil calendar.