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Saint Marcouf

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Also known as Marculf, Marcoul, Marcou

thumb|Marcouf giving the cure to the king. Marculf (in French Marcoult, Marcouf, Marcoul or Marcou) (d. 558) was the abbot at Nantus in the Cotentin. He is regarded as a saint and is associated with the healing of scrofula.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Bayeux
Place of death
îles Saint-Marcouf
Occupation
Catholic bishop
Position held
abbot
Languages spoken
French
Image
Saint Marcouf.jpg
Religious order
Benedictines
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Commons category
Saint Marcouf
canonization status
saint
date of death
0588-05-01
date of birth
0490-01-01
name in native language
Saint Marcoult
feast day
May 1
different from
Marcolfo
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thumb|Marcouf giving the cure to the king. Marculf (in French Marcoult, Marcouf, Marcoul or Marcou) (d. 558) was the abbot at Nantus in the Cotentin. He is regarded as a saint and is associated with the healing of scrofula.

==Life== Marculf was born in the Saxon colony of Bayeux around AD 500. The accounts of his life are merged with that of Saint Helier, whom he sent to convert the inhabitants of Jersey to Christianity. Marcouf also visited Jersey himself, where miracles are ascribed to him.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint Marcouf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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