SAINT CONVOYON OF REDON, ABBOT - 5 JANUARY

 

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SAINT CONVOYON OF REDON, ABBOT

A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's
Saints' books,
"Stammenbuch..." (1693)

Convoio (Convoyon), first abbot of Redon (Rothonum) in Brittany, was born in the year 788 in the Diocese of Saint Malo. He enjoyed an excellent education and was not only accepted into the ranks of the clergy by Bishop Rainer of Vannes, but even appointed archdeacon. 

Burning with desire to serve God more perfectly, however, he went into a wasteland together with five clerics who were animated by the same spirit, and settled in a place called Rothon or Redon. 

Soon several servants of God striving for perfection gathered around them, and gradually a monastery came into being, which he presided over as abbot, but which he left when the Normans invaded. The holy abbot and the brethren then moved to the new monastery that Prince Salomon had built for them. Abbot Convoyon died on January 5, 868, and later his body was transferred to Redon. (El., But.)

He is also commemorated on December 28.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, pp. 668-69)

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Convoyon may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.