Medardus

Medardus or Medard (French: Médard or Méard) (ca. 456–545) was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in northern France. Medardus was one of the most honored bishops of his time, often depicted laughing, with his mouth wide open, and therefore he was invoked against toothache.

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Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Medardus
Saint.birth_date: 456
Saint.death_date: June 8, 545
Saint.feast_day: June 8
Saint.venerated_in: Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
Saint.image: Saint medard a saint medard d eyrans.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 200px
Saint.caption: Statue of Saint Medardus, Saint Médard d'Eyrans
Saint.birth_place: Salency, Oise, Picardy, France
Saint.death_place: Noyon, Oise, Picardy, France
Saint.titles: Bishop and Confessor
Saint.canonized_by: Pre-Congregation
Saint.attributes: Episcopal garments
Saint.patronage: the weather; invoked against toothache
Saint.major_shrine: Abbey of Saint-Médard, Soissons, France

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Instance of: human
Given name: Medard
Gender: male
Place of birth: Salency
Place of death: Noyon
Occupation: Catholic priest
Position held: bishop
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: Saint medard a saint medard d eyrans.jpg

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Commons category: Saint Medard
canonization status: saint
date of death: 0550-00-00
date of birth: 0475-00-00
time period: Roman Empire
feast day: June 8
subject has role: bishop
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==Life== Medardus was born around 456 at Salency, Oise, in Picardy. His father, Nectaridus, was a noble of Frankish origin, while his mother Protagia was Gallo-Roman. The Roman Martyrology includes the fanciful tale that Gildard, Bishop of Rouen, was his brother, '"born on the same day, consecrated bishops on the same day, and on the same day withdrawn from this life." However, there is no mention of Gildard in the earliest lives of Medardus, and Gildard attended the First Council of Orléans in 511, while Medardus was not consecrated until 530.

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