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Also known as

• Germain of Montfort
• German…
• Germano…

Memorial

• 28 October

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Brother of Saint Ruph. Studied theology at the University of Paris, France for several years where he worked with and served as tutor to Saint Bernard of Menthon. Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Savigney in the Savoy region of France. WIth several other brother monks, he founded the monastery of Talloires, France c.1018, and served as its first prior. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands. He spent his final years, beginning about 1033, as a hermit living in a cave near Lac d’Annecy; a church is now built above the cave. The town of Saint-Germain-de-Joux, France is named for him.

Born

• Montfort, France

Died

• 1018 in Talloires, France of natural causes
• relics enshrined by Saint Francis de Sales in 1621
• relics hidden from the anti–Catholic forces of the French Revolution in the later 18th century
• the chapel fell into disrepair, and the relics were lost for several years
• relics re-discovered in 1830 and re-enshrined in a new chapel in 1838

Beatified

• 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Germain of Talloires“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 June 2018. Web. 15 August 2020. <>