Monastic or Hermit · November 13
St. Abbo of Fleury
Abbo of Fleury was a monk and abbot of Fleury Abbey in present-day Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire near Orléans, France.
France · Present-day geography
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Saints from France
Read the full stories of 129 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day France.
Showing 1–12 of 129. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.
Bishop · June 20
St. Adalbert of Magdeburg
Adalbert of Magdeburg was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg and a successful missionary to the Polabian Slavs to the east of what was contemporarily Germany.
France · Present-day geography
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Monastic / Hermit · August 10
St. Agilberta
Agilberta , also known as Aguilberta of Jouarre and Gilberta of Jouarre, is a Benedictine French saint, venerated in both the Roman Catholic Church and Antiochian Orthodox Church.
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Bishop · 13 May
St. Agnes of Poitiers
St. Agnes of Poitiers is a French saint and abbess, who was "recognized for her holiness and intelligence" and called "model of the conventual life". She served as abbess of Holy Cross convent in Poitiers, France until her death in 586.
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Bishop · November 17
St. Aignan of Orleans
Aignan was a fifth-century bishop of Orléans, remembered for helping defend the city during the invasion of Attila the Hun.
France · Present-day geography
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Bishop · March 1
St. Albinus of Angers
Albinus of Angers was a French abbot and bishop.
France · Present-day geography
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Bishop · February 6
St. Amandus
Amandus, commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders.
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Monastic or Hermit · September 13
St. Amatus
Amatus was a Frankish Colombanian monk and hermit.
France · Present-day geography
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Monastic · 19 July
St. Ambrose Autpert
Autpert Ambrose was a Frankish Benedictine monk. An abbot of San Vincenzo al Volturno in South Italy in the time of Desiderius, king of the Lombards, Autpert wrote a considerable number of works on the Bible and religious subjects generally.
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Priest or Deacon · May 13
St. André-Hubert Fournet
André-Hubert Fournet was a French Roman Catholic priest and together with Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages the founder of the Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew.
France · Present-day geography
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Bishop · February 9
St. Ansbert of Rouen
Ansbert of Rouen was a Frankish monk, abbot and bishop of Rouen, today regarded as a saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.
France · Present-day geography
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Bishop · 3 February
St. Ansgar
Ansgar , also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks.
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