Clodoald

Saint

Clodoald
Saint; Clodoald
	Modern statue of Saint Cloud as prince in St. Cloud Hospital, Minnesota
Confessor
Born	522
Died	c. 560; Nogent-sur-Seine, Kingdom of the Franks (now France)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrine	Saint-Cloud, France
Feast	7 September
Attributes	A Benedictine abbot giving his hood to a poor man as a halo emanates from his head; with royal insignia at his feet, or instructing the poor
Patronage	Against carbuncles; nail makers; Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota; France

Clodoald (Latin: C(h)lodoaldus, Cloudus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdōwald;^[4] 522 – c. 560 AD), better known as Saint Cloud (French: [klu]), was a Merovingian prince, grandson of Clovis I and son of Chlodomer, who preferred to renounce royalty and became a hermit and monk. Clodoald found a hill along the Seine, two leagues below Paris, in a place called Novigentum (the present commune of Saint-Cloud). Here, among the fishermen and farmers, he led a life of solitude and prayer, and built a church, which he dedicated in honor of Martin of Tours.

He is venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

^ "Il y a 1500 ans naissait Clodoald, petit-fils de Clovis qui a donné son nom à Saint-Cloud", La Parisien, September 10, 2022
^ Monastère du Magnificat (2006-09-27). "Saint Cloud or Clodoald". Lives of the Saints. Archived from the original on 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
^ Jones, Terry. "Cloud". Patron Saints Index. Archived from the original on 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
^ Moroldo, Arnaldo. "Le Traitement de la Fricative Laryngée Sourde Germanique en Francais, Occitan et Italien" (PDF). The University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2018-10-02.

[1] "Il y a 1500 ans naissait Clodoald, petit-fils de Clovis qui a donné son nom à Saint-Cloud", La Parisien, September 10, 2022

[lives-2] Monastère du Magnificat (2006-09-27). "Saint Cloud or Clodoald". Lives of the Saints. Archived from the original on 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2007-03-04.

[3] Jones, Terry. "Cloud". Patron Saints Index. Archived from the original on 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2007-03-04.

[4] Moroldo, Arnaldo. "Le Traitement de la Fricative Laryngée Sourde Germanique en Francais, Occitan et Italien" (PDF). The University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2018-10-02.

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