Regnobert of Bayeux

Regnobert of Bayeux (died in 627[1] or towards 666), Regnobertus in Latin, also transcribed in Renobert, Rénobert, Rennobert or Raimbert, was the twelfth bishop of Bayeux and a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church in the 7th century.

St Regnobert portrayed in a stained glass window in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Bayeux

Life

Saint Regnobert was born in Noron-la-Poterie,[2] a village southwest of Bayeux, the former Gallo-Roman capital of Bajocasses (Augustodurum) and seat of a bishopric.

Completing the work begun by Saint Exupere of Bayeux, Saint Regnobert converted the Saxons in the 620s, which earned him the title of the second Apostle of Bessin.

According to tradition, he was the founder of four churches in Caen: St. Saviour, Notre Dame, Saint Pierre and Saint Jean. Only Saint-Pierre and Saint-Jean seem to have really existed in the seventh century.

He is also credited with founding the chapel at the origin of the pilgrimage to the Délivrande[3][4]

He died around 666. His feast day is celebrated on October 24.[5]

See also

References
  1. Présentation de la basilique Notre-Dame de la Délivrande sur le site de la mairie de Douvres-la-délivrande.
  2. Arcisse de Caumont, Statistique routière de Normandie : routes de Caen à Cherbourg et de Caen à Rouen, Caen, Imprimerie de H. Le Roy,1842, p. 23
  3. Présentation de la basilique Notre-Dame de la Délivrande sur le site de la mairie de Douvres-la-délivrande.
  4. Gervais de La Rue, Mémoires d'antiquités locales et annales militaires, politiques et religieuses de la ville de Caen et de la Basse-Normandie, Caen, Mancel, 1842, p. 11
  5. Saint Regnobert sur Nominis.
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