Walter Of Pontoise
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Fresnoy-Andainville |
France | |
Date of died | April 8,1099 |
Died | Pontoise |
France | |
Feast | March 23; April 8 |
Canonized | Archbishop of Rouen |
Patronage | Prisoners; prisoners of war; vintners; invoked against job-related stress |
Full name | Saint Walter of Pontoise |
Patronag | Prisoners; prisoners of war; vintners; invoked against job-related stress |
Canon | Hugh de Boves |
Archbishop of Rouen | |
Vener in | Catholic |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1814655 |
Walter Of Pontoise Life story
Saint Walter of Pontoise was a French saint of the eleventh century. Born at Andainville, he was a professor of philosophy and rhetoric before becoming a Benedictine monk at Rebais. A story told of him is that while a novice, Walter took pity on an inmate at the monastery prison, and helped the prisoner to escape.