Erkembode
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thumb|Tiny pairs of shoes on Saint Erkembode's tomb in Saint-Omer Cathedral.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of death
- Thérouanne
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
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- Catholic Church
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- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer14.JPG
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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thumb|Tiny pairs of shoes on Saint Erkembode's tomb in Saint-Omer Cathedral.
Of the early life of Erkembode, who lived in the late 7th and first half of the 8th centuries, nothing is known. It has been surmised that he was an Irish monk who travelled with several companions to Sithiu, now Saint-Omer in northern France where he lived in the monastery.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erkembode” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.