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Blessed Hildemar of Arrouaise

Also known as

Heldemar
Hilmar

13 January

Profile

Court chaplain to William the Conqueror in England. Hermit in the forest of Arrouaise, Artois (in modern France) in 1090. His reputation for sanctity attracted disciples, and with them he founded the Augustinian monastery at Arrouaise. Martyr.

Born

Tounai, Belgium

murdered c.1097 by a priest posing as an Augustinian novice at Arrouaise, Arras, France

Additional Information

Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

websites in nederlandse
- Heiligen 3s

MLA Citation

“Blessed Hildemar of Arrouaise“. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 September 2021. Web. 23 January 2022. <>