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Saint

Wiomad of Mettlach

Bishop of Trier

Abbot of Mettlach and later Bishop of Trier, who reposed around 790.

Feast
November 8old style November 21
Reposed
7908th century
Place
Mettlach

Life

Holy Hierarch Wiomad of Mettlach (Weomadus, Wermad) was a monk at the monastery of Saint Maximinus in Trier in Germany, then abbot of Mettlach and finally bishop of Trier, from 750 to 790. He reposed around 790. He is a saint of the undivided Church, known from the Western calendars.

He is commemorated on 8 November, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).

Commemorated the same day November 8