
Venerable
Theodofrid of Corbie
Abbot of Corbie Abbey
Monk at Luxeuil, first abbot of Corbie Abbey and Latin poet, who died in 690.
- Feast
- October 9old style October 22
- Reposed
- 6907th century
- Place
- Corbie
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Theodofrid was the first abbot of Corbie Abbey and a Latin poet. He died in the year 690. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and is commemorated on 9 October.
At first he was a monk of the abbey of Luxeuil-les-Bains, then, according to tradition, bishop of Albi. When Queen Bathilde founded Corbie Abbey in 657, he became its abbot.
Two poems are attributed to him: "Verses on the Six Ages and the Beginning of the World" and "Verses on Asia and the Wheel of the Whole World".
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