Venerable
Ursus of Loches
Abbot at Loches
Venerable abbot at Loches in France, in the early centuries of Gallic monasticism.
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- Feast
- July 27old style August 9
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Ursus of Loches was abbot at Loches in Gaul and father of many monasteries, in the early centuries of Gallic monasticism. The sources preserve no fuller life of him. His commemoration falls on 27 July in the Roman Martyrology (Gregorian calendar); he is counted a saint of the undivided Church.
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