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Medardus or Medard (French: Médard or Méard) (ca. 456–545) was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in northern France. Medardus was one of the most honored bishops of his time, often depicted laughing, with his mouth wide open, and therefore he was invoked against toothache.

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Saint.honorific_prefix
Saint
Saint.name
Medardus
Saint.birth_date
456
Saint.death_date
June 8, 545
Saint.feast_day
June 8
Saint.venerated_in
Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
Saint.image
Saint medard a saint medard d eyrans.jpg
Saint.imagesize
200px
Saint.caption
Statue of Saint Medardus, Saint Médard d'Eyrans
Saint.birth_place
Salency, Oise, Picardy, France
Saint.death_place
Noyon, Oise, Picardy, France
Saint.titles
Bishop and Confessor
Saint.canonized_by
Pre-Congregation
Saint.attributes
Episcopal garments
Saint.patronage
the weather; invoked against toothache
Saint.major_shrine
Abbey of Saint-Médard, Soissons, France

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Medardus or Medard (French: Médard or Méard) (ca. 456–545) was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in northern France. Medardus was one of the most honored bishops of his time, often depicted laughing, with his mouth wide open, and therefore he was invoked against toothache.

==Life== Medardus was born around 456 at Salency, Oise, in Picardy. His father, Nectaridus, was a noble of Frankish origin, while his mother Protagia was Gallo-Roman. The Roman Martyrology includes the fanciful tale that Gildard, Bishop of Rouen, was his brother, '"born on the same day, consecrated bishops on the same day, and on the same day withdrawn from this life." However, there is no mention of Gildard in the earliest lives of Medardus, and Gildard attended the First Council of Orléans in 511, while Medardus was not consecrated until 530.

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