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Marculf (in French ''Marcoult'', ''Marcouf'', ''Marcoul'' or ''Marcou'') (d. 558) was the abbot at Nantus in the Cotentin. He is regarded as a
M. Charles Grosset, "A Theory on the Evangelisation of the Cotentin"
558 deaths People from Bayeux Roman Catholic monks French Christian monks 6th-century Frankish saints Year of birth unknown {{France-saint-stub
Marculf (in French ''Marcoult'', ''Marcouf'', ''Marcoul'' or ''Marcou'') (d. 558) was the abbot at Nantus in the Cotentin. He is regarded as a saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Å , holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
and is associated with the healing of scrofula.
Life
Marculf was born in theSaxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
colony of Bayeux
Bayeux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in northwestern France.
Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts ...
around AD 500. The accounts of his life are merged with that of Saint Helier, whom he sent to convert the inhabitants of Jersey to Christianity. Marcouf also visited Jersey himself, where miracles are ascribed to him.
He died on May 1, 558, in the ÃŽles Saint-Marcouf off the east coast of the Cotentin Peninsula. His relic
In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...
s were transferred to the abbey of Corbény in Champagne, where they played a part in the coronation ceremonies of kings of France
France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions.
Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the first ...
, crowned at Reims
Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne.
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, and in the tradition of the royal touch.
The traditional power ascribed to French and English kings to cure scrofula (the king's Evil
The disease mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, also known as scrofula and historically as king's evil, involves a lymphadenitis of the cervical lymph nodes associated with tuberculosis as well as nontuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria.
Dise ...
) by the laying on of hands derives from the efficacy
Efficacy is the ability to perform a task to a satisfactory or expected degree. The word comes from the same roots as ''effectiveness'', and it has often been used synonymously, although in pharmacology a pragmatic clinical trial#Efficacy versu ...
of the relics of Marcouf, according to the chronicle of Joan of Arc, '' Chronique de la Pucelle''.
The north ambulatory of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Coutances contains the Chapel of Saint Marcouf, with a stained glass window showing scenes from the saint's life.
See also
There are communes that have the name " Saint-Marcouf" in Normandy, France.References
External links
*M. Charles Grosset, "A Theory on the Evangelisation of the Cotentin"
558 deaths People from Bayeux Roman Catholic monks French Christian monks 6th-century Frankish saints Year of birth unknown {{France-saint-stub