Venerable
Wando of Fontenelle
Abbot of Fontenelle
Abbot of Fontenelle in France, who reposed in 756.
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- Feast
- April 17old style April 30
- Reposed
- 7568th century
- Place
- Fontenelle Abbey
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Wando of Fontenelle was a monk and abbot of Fontenelle (Saint-Wandrille) Abbey in France, who reposed about the year 756. The Orthodox calendar lists him among the Western saints from before the schism, on 17 April. The sources consulted preserve no other certain details of his life. The date is that of the Orthodox Menaion (13 days later on the old calendar).
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