Wandrille saint

Holy Wandrille , also called Wandon (in Latin Wandregesilius , of Germanic the Wandregisel i.e. “fellow traveller”), is a French monk born about year 600 close to Verdun and died on July 22nd, 668 in Saint-Wandrille-Ransom in the abbey which it had founded.

Biography

Saint Wandrille is resulting from a noble family, and works in the important administration under the king Dagobert. It Marie following the will of her parents about year 630, but his wife and decide to him to be devoted to a life monacale.

He lived at the beginning of his monastic life with the monastery of Montfaucon (the monastery of Montfaucon had a transitory existence and disappeared at the beginning of the IX century). He distributed his goods to the poor and after some time made a dream, continuation to which he decided to go to Bobbio towards 635 (the monastery of Bobbio is located in Italy of North, in the area of Pavia and was founded by Saint Colomban into 614). The abbey was removed in 1803).
Its life Cénobitique was recognized for its abnegation and it sometimes happened to him to recite its psautier in full winter in a river for " to fight against temptation ". Towards 635 it decided to flee Bobbio where its fame started to be large, it wanted to move towards the Ireland, but stopped in way and settled in the the Jura with Romainmôtier, where it lived in obedience with an abbot during nearly 10 years. His/her friends of the palate, Holy Ouen and Saint Eloi could leave the court only after the death of king Daborgert into 639. In 641, holy Ouen is named bishop of Rouen.

Wandrille came close to Rouen, where Saint Ouen was bishop. It became Diacre then, then priest, crowned by holy Omer, bishop of Thérouanne. Saint Wandrille évangélisa then the campaigns of Rouen which were still pagan at the time, but however, it wished to continue to live a monastic life. He settled then with Fontenelle, in the forest of Jumièges, (place which will bear later its name Saint-Wandrille-Ransom) where he founded a monastery on March 1st 649, abbey which will become the Abbaye of Saint-Wandrille. Its monastic order was founded on " union, charity and the humilité" , holy Wandrille required on its bed of dead " made in kind not have never dissension between vous".

The rule of Wandrille saint disappeared and was replaced by the rule Bénédictine.

The Relic S of Wandrille saint

During devastations perpetrated by the Norman , the relics of Wandrille saint were several times transferred from Fontenelle to the priory of Rivecourt. The first of these translations is assigned with the year 862 and the last at the year 944.

The monks carrying the relics of Holy Ansbert and holy Wandrille would have found hospitality with the monastery of women of Blangy-on-Ternoise (Pas-de-Calais) towards 875 and would be remained 20 years there. From there, the monks took along the relics to Boulogne-sur-Mer where they did not move any more during one half century. It is there that the count of Flanders, Arnoul Large the, large amateur of relics, came in 944 to seek the bodies of these saints characters, Wandrille and Ansbert, when at the instigation of holy Gerard de Brogne, it was solved with as a gratifier the monastery of Saint-Pierre of Ghent on the Mount-Blandin.

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