Clodoald
Clodoald (522 – c. 560 AD), 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.
Patron saint of Against carbuncles; nail makers; Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota; France
In the Martyrology
- September 7 Saint Clodoald, priest