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Desiderius of Fontenelle
Saint Desiderius
of
Fontenelle
was a
Frankish
saint
of the late
7th century
.
His
father
was
Saint Waningus
, a
nobleman
and
royal
official
under
Chlothar III
, then
abbot
and
founder
of
Fécamp Abbey
.
Desiderius
was a
Benedictine monk
at
Fontenelle Abbey
in present-day
Normandy, France
.
Desiderius's
feast day
is kept on
18 December
. His
relics
are at
Ghent, Belgium
.