Clodoald
Saint Clodoald | |
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Modern statue of Saint Cloud as prince in St. Cloud Hospital, Minnesota | |
| Abbot, Confessor | |
| Born | 522 |
| Died | c. 560 Nogent-sur-Seine, Kingdom of the Franks (now France) |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic 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; 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 Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.