Saint Germanius of Paris

496 - 576

May 28

Also known as
Father of the Poor


Memorial:  28 May


Profile
Priest. Abbot. Bishop of Paris in 555. Taught and ordained Saint Bertrand. Cured King Childebert I from an unnamed illness, and converted him from a misspent life. The king then built him the abbey of Saint Vincent, now known as Saint-Germain-des-Pres.


Born
496 at Autun, France


Died
576 of natural causes