Saint Vitalis of Savigny (ca. 1060 — 16 September 1122) is the canonized founder of the monastery and Congregation of Savigny (1112). Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Canonization is the act by which a particular Christian church declares a deceased person to be a Saint and is included in the canon or list of recognized saints The Catholic Congregation of Savigny ( Savigniac Order) started in the Abbey of Savigny, situated in northern France, on the confines of Normandy
He was born as Vital de Mortain in Normandy at Tierceville near Bayeux about 1060-5. Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. Tierceville is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région of France. Bayeux (bajø is a commune in the Calvados département, in Normandy in northwestern France. His parents were named Rainfred and Rohais. We know nothing of his early years; after ordination he became chaplain to Duke William the Conqueror's brother, Robert of Mortain (died 1100). A chaplain is typically a Priest, Pastor, ordained Deacon, Rabbi, Imam or other member of the Clergy serving a group of William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages Robert Count of Mortain was the half-brother of William I of England. Vitalis gained the respect and confidence of Robert, who bestowed upon him a canonry in the abbey church of Saint Evroul at Mortain, which he had founded in 1082. A canon (from the Latin canonicus, itself derived from the Greek κανωνικος 'relating to a rule' is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the "St Evroul" redirects here For the abbey see Saint-Evroul-sur-Ouche. Mortain is a small town and commune in the Manche département, France.
But Vitalis felt within him a desire for a more perfect state of life. He gave up his canonry in 1095, settled at Dompierre, 19 miles east of Mortain, and became one of the leaders of the hermit colony of the forest of Craon. A hermit (from the Greek ἔρημος erēmos, signifying " Desert " "uninhabited" hence "desert-dweller" adjective "eremitic" Craon is the name of several communes in France Craon, in the Mayenne department Craon former commune of the Meurthe-et-Moselle Here for seventeen years he lived an ascetic life. At the same time he concerned himself, like Robert of Arbrissel, with the salvation of the surrounding population, giving practical help to the outcasts who gathered round him. Robert of Arbrissel (c 1045 - 1116) was an itinerant preacher and founder of the abbey of Fontevrault.
He was a great preacher, remarkable for zeal, insensible to fatigue, and fearlessly outspoken; he is said to have attempted to reconcile Henry I of England with his brother, Robert Curthose. Preacher is a term the for someone who preaches Sermons or gives homilies Henry I (c 1068/1069 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman He seems to have visited England and a considerable part of western France, but Normandy was the chief scene of his labours. Between 1105 and 1120 he founded a nunnery at Mortain, with his sister Adeline, later canonized, as abbess. He died at Savigny, on 16 September, 1122.
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