Saint Monon (or Mono, Muno, Monone; died ) was a Scottish hermit and martyr.
His feast day is 18 October.
Life and legacy
Saint Monon was born in Scotland and moved to the
Ardennes
The Ardennes ( ; ; ; ; ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France.
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, where he lived as a hermit.
He was murdered around 645 AD in
Nassogne
Nassogne () is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 111.96 km2, had 5,045 inhabitants, giving a population density of 45.1 inhabitants per km2.
The m ...
in what is now Belgium.
His body, which had been beheaded, was placed in an oratory.
Pilgrims began to visit his shrine, and it was said that many miracles occurred.
He is honoured in the Ardennes as a protector of livestock, and is traditionally shown standing with a cow.
Pilgrims to his shrine used to rub grass or leaves on the reliquary of Saint Monon, then give it to their cattle to protect them from epidemics.
They would also hang a flower or a bouquet in their stable.
The Chapelle Saint-Monon in Hubermont,
La Roche-en-Ardenne
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, is a small schist building built around 1658, renovated in 1817 and restored in 1982.
A
neogothic
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church built in 1850 in Jévigné,
Lierneux
Lierneux (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On January 1, 2006, Lierneux had a total population of 3,367. The total area is 92.08 km2 which gives a population density of 37 inhabitants per km2. L ...
, is dedicated to the saint, and has a polychrome wood statue of him.
His name is given to a local beer brewed in the village of Ambly, Nassogne, named Saint-Monon.
Monks of Ramsgate account
The monks of
St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
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wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921),
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiography, hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douai, Douay, France where he later taught philosophy and theology. He s ...
(1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'' under October 18,
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Medieval Scottish saints
645 deaths