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Clodoald
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Also known as Saint Cloud, Saint Clodoald, Chlodoald, Clodowald, Clodoaldus

Clodoald (; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdōwald; 522 – ), better known as Saint Cloud (), 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.

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Saint.honorific_prefix
Saint
Saint.name
Clodoald
Saint.birth_date
522
Saint.feast_day
7 September
Saint.venerated_in
Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Saint.image
Saintcloudstatue.jpg
Saint.imagesize
150px
Saint.caption
Modern statue of Saint Cloud as prince in St. Cloud Hospital, Minnesota
Saint.death_place
Nogent-sur-Seine, Kingdom of the Franks
Saint.titles
Abbot, Confessor
Saint.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
Saint.patronage
Against carbuncles; nail makers; Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota; France
Saint.major_shrine
Saint-Cloud, France

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date of death
0560-09-07
date of birth
0524-01-01
Commons category
Saint Clodoald
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  • Early life
  • Adulthood
  • Veneration
  • In art
  • See also
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Clodoald (; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdōwald; 522 – ), better known as Saint Cloud (), 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.

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