Saint Medard

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6th-century bishop Catholic saint Christian martyr Frankish bishop

Saint Medard is a 6th-century Frankish bishop and saint venerated in the Catholic Church, particularly known as a patron invoked for protection against bad weather.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Medardus of Noyon 1
Saint Médard 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 6th-century bishop ⓘ
Catholic saint ⓘ
Christian martyr ⓘ
Frankish bishop ⓘ
associatedWith Merovingian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Picardy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tournai NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Picardy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salency NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 6th century ⓘ
commemoratedBy churches dedicated to Saint Medard in France ⓘ
local weather-related customs on his feast day ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultRegion Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathPlace Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Merovingian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
feastDay 8 June ⓘ
hasFeastIn Roman Rite liturgical calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegend legend of an eagle sheltering him from rain ⓘ
hasRole patron saint against bad weather ⓘ
protector of crops ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
notableFor invoked against rain and storms ⓘ
rural evangelization in northern Gaul ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
patronage farmers ⓘ
prisoners ⓘ
protection against bad weather ⓘ
those falsely accused ⓘ
vine growers ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Noyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bishop of Tournai NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
symbol eagle ⓘ
rain ⓘ
tradition Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfSaint non-martyr confessor ⓘ
veneratedAs confessor ⓘ
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Église Saint-Médard → dedicatedTo → Saint Medard ⓘ
Diocese of Noyon → hasBishop → Saint Medard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medardus of Noyon
Médard → associatedWith → Saint Medard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Médard