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Saint Bain

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 19, 2024
Entity authorityQ108434766 ↗
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Saint Bain (or Bainus, Bagne, Bagnus; died c. 711 AD), a disciple of Saint Vandrille, was a bishop of Thérouanne in northwest France, and then abbot of the monastery of Saint Wandrille in Normandy. His feast day is 20 June.

Monks of Ramsgate account

The Monks of Ramsgate wrote in their Book of Saints (1921),

BAIN (St.) Bp. (June 20)(8th cent.) Bishop of Terouanne (Saint Omer). After a fruitful Episcopate he retired to the monastery of Saint Wandrille (Fontenelle) in Normandy, and later presided, in addition, over that of Fleury or St. Benoit-sur-Loire. He passed away about A.D. 711.

Butler's account

The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints under June 20,

St. Bain, Bishop of Terouanne, (Now St. Omer), and Abbot of St.

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