Saint Remaclus was a Benedictine

Benedictine

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 missionary bishop

Bishop

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. He grew up at the Aquitanian ducal court and studied under Sulpitius the Pious

Sulpitius the Pious

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, bishop of Bourges. Remaclus became a monk

Monk

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 in 625 and was then ordained a priest

Priest

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. He was the first to head the monastery of Solignac

Solignac

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 after being appointed by Saint Eligius

Saint Eligius

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.

He was an advisor to Sigebert II

Sigebert II

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 of Austrasia

Austrasia

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 and convinced this monarch to establish the double-monastery

Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy

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 of Stavelot

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 and Malmedy

Malmedy

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 in 648. Remaclus served as abbot of Stavelot and Malmedy.

He was appointed missionary bishop of Maastricht in 652. He served until 663. Inhabitants of this troubled diocese had murdered some of his predecessors. However, Remaclus successfully spread monasticism in the region. He worked with Saint Hadelin

Saint Hadelin

Saint Hadelin d. about 690, born in Gascony, was one of the scholarly, mostly Irish monks, who preached Christianity and started conversion work in what is now Belgium under the pagan invaders, as did Saint Servatius and Saint Remacle.He is especially venerated in the Walloon diocese of Namur, as...

. He served as the spiritual teacher to Saint Trudo

Trudo

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, Saint Babolen, Saint Theodard of Maastricht

Theodard of Maastricht

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, and Saint Lambert.

He subsequently retired to the abbey of Stavelot, where he died. His shrine is situated there. His feast day is September 3.

External links

• Catholic Online: St. Remaclus
• Patron Saints: Remaclus
• Remaclus in Butler's Lives of the Saints: September, Alban Butler, Burns & Oates Ltd (2000), ISBN 978-0-86012-258-6 Remaclus in Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon Remaclus at the German Wikipedia
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