ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 3rd of September
SAINT CHRODEGANG, BISHOP OF SEEZ
Saint Chrodegang (Godegrandus, Chrodegandus), Bishop of Seez (Sagium) in France, was a descendant of a noble family from the area of Hiesmes (Oximium) in Normandy. According to the Bollandists, St Chrodegang had one sister, the holy Abbess Saint Opportuna of Montreuil, who is venerated on April 22.
St Chrodegang was born the middle of the 8th century.
HE WAS KILLED BY A FALSE FRIEND
As Bishop of Seez he made a pilgrimage to Rome and when he returned seven years later, he was killed in Nonant by a false friend named Chrodobert, to whom he had entrusted the administration of his bishopric.
His sister Opportuna, very sad about his tragic end, had his body buried in the Abbey of Montreuil. His head later came to St Martin's Church in Paris, the remaining relics to Isle-Adam near Pontoise (Pontisara) on the Oise.
[He is noted for his support of the disadvantaged and disabled.] However, not all the details about his life are entirely reliable; some of the sources give him the title "Bishop and Martyr".
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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