Saint Deicola
Also known as
- Deel
- Deicolo
- Deicolus
- Deille
- Delle
- Desle
- Dichul
- Diey
- Deicuil
- Dicuil
Profile
Older brother of Saint Gall. Monk. Studied at Bangor Abbey under Saint Comgall of Bangor and Saint Columba. Evangelized in Austrasia and Burgundy in 567. One of the twelve who accompanied Saint Columba to France and helped found the abbey of Luxeuil. When Saint Columba was exiled by Thierry II, Deicola, too old to accompany him, founded the monastery of Lure in the Vosges, France. He then retired to the monastery as a hermit.
Born
MLA Citation
- “Saint Deicola“. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 January 2024. Web. 14 May 2024. <>