Saint Calais
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Calais was a French
hermit
and founder of the monastery of Aniole. The town of Saint-Calais
takes its name from him. According to the Vita Carileffi, Childebert I
granted him lands, after an encounter in a forest where the king was hunting.
Laumer was his successor and Siviard, another successor, wrote the life of St. Calais.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
hermit
Hermit
A hermit is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament .In the...
and founder of the monastery of Aniole. The town of Saint-Calais
Saint-Calais
Saint-Calais is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France.Prior to the French Revolution it was known for its Benedictine abbey named after the Anisola stream . Saint-Calais is a later name coming from one of the local saints of the Perche area....
takes its name from him. According to the Vita Carileffi, Childebert I
Childebert I
Childebert I was the Frankish king of Paris, a Merovingian dynast, one of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of the Franks upon their father's death in 511...
granted him lands, after an encounter in a forest where the king was hunting.
Laumer was his successor and Siviard, another successor, wrote the life of St. Calais.
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