Saint
Renovatus of Mérida
Bishop of Mérida
Bishop of Mérida in Spain; few details of his life survive.
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Life
Renovatus of Mérida was bishop of Mérida in Spain from about 616 until before 631. The little that is known of him comes from the deacon Paul, who describes him as a Goth of high lineage, tall and fair of face, but above all gifted and learned in the ecclesiastical sciences and especially in Holy Scripture, gentle, merciful and just. Before becoming bishop he had been abbot of the Cauliana monastery, by the river Guadiana, two leagues from Mérida, where he cared for the spiritual progress of the monks.
The sources consulted show no canonization.