Saint Liphardus (or Lifard, Lifardo, Lifardus, Lifart, Lifhard, Lifhart, Liphard, Liphart, Lyphard) was a 6th-century lawyer, hermit and abbot in Meung-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. His feast day is 3 June.
Saint Liphardus (or Lifard, Lifardo, Lifardus, Lifart, Lifhard, Lifhart, Liphard, Liphart, Lyphard) was a 6th-century lawyer, hermit and abbot in Meung-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. His feast day is 3 June.
==Guyon's Life== Symphorien Guyon (died 1657) in his ''Histoire de l'Eglise et diocèse, ville, et université d'Orléans'' tells that Liphard was born in Orléans, the son of Rigomert, prince of the city of Le Mans, and a close relative of King Clovis I. His younger brother was Saint Leonard. Liphard studied literature and the law as a young man, and because of his capability and his noble birth he was appointed a governor and judge in Orléans. However, around the age of 40 he became tired of the worldly life, left his job and was ordained a deacon. Soon after he entered the monastery of Saint Mesmin, while his brother Leonard went to Aquitaine. Liphard, accompanied by a disciple named Urbice, then withdrew to a place named Meun [Meung-sur-Loire], four leagues from Orléans, where there was an old chateau that had been ruined by the Huns and Vandals during the wars with Attila. In this solitary place Liphard built a small cell, where he lived an austere life of contemplation. The bishop of Orléans heard of Liphard's virtue and perfection, and made him a priest so he could teach others. Liphard continued his studies in his lonely cell.
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