Ansegisus

Also known as Anségise de Fontenelle

Saint Ansegisus (c. 770 – 20 July 833 or 834) was a monastic reformer of the Franks.

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Born: ca. 770
Died: 833
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Die Kapitulariensammlung des Ansegis

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Lyon
Place of death: Royal Abbey of Saint Wandrille
Religious order: Benedictines

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feast day: July 20
canonization status: saint
date of birth: 0770-01-01
date of death: 0833-07-20

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Saint Ansegisus (c. 770 – 20 July 833 or 834) was a monastic reformer of the Franks.

Born about 770, of noble parentage, at the age of eighteen he entered the monastery of Fontenelle (also called St Wandrille after the name of its founder) in the diocese of Rouen. Saint Girowald, a relative of Ansegisus, was then Abbot of Fontanelle. Upon the recommendation of the abbot Girowald he was entrusted by the Emperor Charlemagne with the government and reform of two monasteries, St. Sixtus near Reims and St. Memmius (St. Menge) in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne, in which he was successful.

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