Saint Droctoveus (or Droctonius, Droctovée, Droctovius, Drote, Drottoveo, Drotté; ) was a
Frankish
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* Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture
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* Francia, a post-Roman state in France and Germany
* East Francia, the successor state to Francia in Germany ...
abbot, the first abbot of what became
Saint Germain-des-Pres in Paris.
Life
The oldest account of Drottoveo's life was written by his contemporary
Venantius Fortunatus
Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus ( 530 600/609 AD; french: Venance Fortunat), known as Saint Venantius Fortunatus (, ), was a Latin poet and hymnographer in the Merovingian Court, and a bishop of the Early Church who has been venerate ...
in chapter XI of the 1.IX of his ''Carmina'' (Songs).
A ''Life'' was lost after the raids of the
Normans
The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Fran ...
, who set fire to the monastery of Saint Vincent in Paris in 845 and again in 857.
A monk named Gislemaro of the monastery of Saint Vincent wrote an account between 841 and 847 based on oral testimony, but it has little value.
Droctoveus was born around 530.
He became a monk and disciple of Saint
Germain of Paris
Germain ( la, Germanus; 496 – 28 May 576) was the bishop of Paris
The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Parisiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Paris'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Cat ...
.
He became abbot of the
Abbey of Saint-Symphorien, Autun
The Abbey of St. Symphorian, Autun, (french: Abbaye Saint-Symphorien d'Autun) is a former abbey, later a priory, of Benedictine monks located outside the walls of Autun in Burgundy, France.
History
The abbey was named after Saint Symphorianus of ...
, and was then appointed first abbot of Saint Vincent, later known as
Saint Germain-des-Pres in Paris.
He died around 580 of natural causes.
His feast day is 10 March.
Monks of Ramsgate account
The monks of
St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
St Augustine's Abbey or Ramsgate Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ramsgate. It was built in 1860 by Augustus Pugin and is a Grade II listed building. It was the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation. In ...
, wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921),
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.
Biography
Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when ...
( 1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'', under March 10,
Notes
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6th-century Frankish saints
530 births
580 deaths