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Line 1: {{Short description\|Benedictine abbot}} {{Infobox ~~Saint~~saint \|name=~~Saint~~St. Porcarius, O.S.B. \|birth_date= \|death_date=c. [[732]] \|feast_day=[[12 August]] \|venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church<br>([[Diocese of Fréjus]]) \|image= \|imagesize= \|caption= \|birth_place= \|death_place=[[Lérins Abbey\|Abbey of Lérins]], [[Liguria]], [[Kingdom of the Lombards]] ~~\|death_place=~~ \|titles=~~Martyr~~Abbot and martyr \|beatified_date= \|beatified_place= Line 19 ⟶ 20: \|attributes= \|patronage= \|major_shrine=Abbey of Lérins, [[Île de Saint-Honorat]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]], France ~~\|major_shrine=~~ \|suppressed_date= \|issues= }} '''Porcarius II''',<ref>A. C. Cooper-Marsdin, ''The History of the Islands of the Lerins: The Monastery, Saints and Theologians of S. Honorat'' (Cambridge University Press, 1913), p. 42.</ref> in [[French language\|French]] '''Porchaire II''' or '''Porcaire II''' (died c. 732), was a [[Benedictine]] [[abbot]] who governed the [[Lérins Abbey\|Abbey of Lérins]] at a time when the monastery included over 500 monks. '''Saint Porcarius''' (died c. [[732]]), known as '''Saint-Porchaire''' in [[French language\|French]], was a [[Benedictine]] monk, governed the abbey of [[Abbey of Lérins\|Lérins]], off the coast of the [[French Riviera]], (now known as [[Île de Saint-Honorat]], as the monastery was founded by [[Saint Honoratus]] of [[Arles]]) at a time when the monastery included over 500 residents. According to tradition, around the year 732, Porcarius was warned by an [[angel]] in a vision that the monastery was about to be attacked by [[barbarian]]s. Immediately the abbot heeded the warning and sent off to safety by ship all the young students at the abbey and 36 of the younger monks. When the ship left fully loaded, he set about preparing the rest of the community for death and prayed with them for courage. The community was attacked by the [[Saracen]]s, probably [[Moors]] from [[Spain]] or [[North Africa]], and were massacred, except four who were taken into slavery. Their feast is kept in the [[diocese]] of [[Fréjus]], [[France]], and the memorial day of Saint Porcarius and his companions is [[August 12]]. According to tradition, around the year 732, Porcarius was warned by an [[angel]] in a vision that the abbey was about to be attacked by barbarians. Immediately, the abbot heeded the warning and sent off to safety by ship all the young students at the abbey and 36 of the younger monks. When the ship left fully loaded, he set about preparing the rest of the community for death and prayed with them for courage. Another less known [[Catholic]] figure was known as Porcarius, or in some documents, '''Porcar''': a [[Canon (priest)\|canon]] of the cathedral of [[Nantes]], and monk in the [[Cistercians\|Cistercian]] abbey of Buzay. It would be him, the brother "according to the flesh" which receives, in Nantes, the then abbot [[Peter Abelard]], come to return visit to the count [[Conan III]]. [http://www.cc-vallet.fr/abelard/abelard/abelgenealogie.htm] The community was attacked by the [[Saracen]]s, probably [[Moors]] from Spain or [[North Africa]], and were massacred, except four who were taken into slavery. Their [[feast day]] is celebrated in the [[Diocese of Fréjus]] on 12 August. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20060818032734/http://leafletmissal.org/Saint_Month/08_August/Aug_12.html Saint Porcarius and Companions] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050414235643/http://www.diocese-poitiers.com.fr/patrimoine/bressuire-stporchaire.html L'église Saint-Porchaire de Bressuire] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Porcarius 02}} [[Category:730s deaths~~\|Porcarius, Saint~~]]▼ [[Category:8th-century Frankish saints]] [[Category:Angelic visionaries]] [[Category:Benedictine abbots]] [[Category:Benedictine martyrs]] [[Category:~~French~~Benedictine saints~~\|Porcarius, Saint~~]]▼ [[Category:Christian saints killed by Muslims]] [[Category:~~Benedictines\|Porcarius,~~Frankish ~~Saint~~Benedictines]]▼ [[Category:Year of birth unknown]] [[Category:8th-century Christian abbots]] {{France-saint-stub}} ▲[[Category:730s deaths\|Porcarius, Saint]] ▲[[Category:Benedictines\|Porcarius, Saint]] ▲[[Category:French saints\|Porcarius, Saint]]