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Venerable

Ribert

A holy monk of Saint-⁠Oyend in the Jura, who reposed around 790.

Feast
December 19old style January 1
Reposed
7908th century
Place
Saint-⁠Oyend

Life

Venerable Ribert was, according to Western tradition, the seventeenth abbot of the monastery of Saint-⁠Oyend (Saint-⁠Claude) in the Jura mountains of France. He reposed around 790 and is venerated especially in Franche-⁠Comté. He is a saint of the undivided Church and is remembered on 19 December in the Western calendar (new style).

Commemorated the same day December 19