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Saint Adjutor of Vernon

statue of Saint Adjutor at la collégiale de Vernon, France; taken on 19 March 2007 by theoliane; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Adjoutr
Ajutre
Ayutre

30 April
1 September on some calendars

Profile

Lord of Vernon-sur-Seine. Norman knight in the First Crusade in 1095 during which he was captured by Muslims who tried to force him to abandon his faith. He escaped, apparently swimming to freedom, returned to France, and became a Benedictine monk at Tiron, France. Hermit in his later years.

Born

Normandy (part of modern France)

30 April 1131 at Tiron, France

Representation

Crusader hermit with a chain nearby
Crusader hermit with a bird nearby
man throwing part of his chains over a precipice

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
- Emblems of the Saints, by Father Frederick Charles Husenbeth and Augustus Jessopp
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Saints and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder

other sites in english
- 1001 Patron Saints and Their Feast Days, Australian Catholic Truth Society
- Catholic Online
- Catholic Online
- Wikipedia

images
- Wikimedia Commons

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Saint Adjutor of Vernon“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 January 2024. Web. 30 April 2024. <>