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Also known as

• Achard
• Achart
• Aicard
• Aichard
• Acardo
• Aicardo

Memorial

• 15 September

Profile

Son of a military officer in the court of King Clotaire II. Educated at a monastery in Poitiers, France. Destined by his father for the military, Aichardus felt a call to the religious life. His mother convinced the rest of the family to give him a choice, and he became a monk at Saint Jouin abbey, Ansion, Poitou (in modern France) for 39 years. Prior of Jumièges Abbey. Abbot of Jumièges, a house with 900 monks where his strict personal observance of the Order‘s rule set an example that rippled through the rest of the house.

Born

• Poitiers, France

Died

• 687 at Jumièges Abbey of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• angel touching monks with a staff

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aichardus of Jumièges“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 February 2022. Web. 3 June 2024. <>