Saint Marius, Abbot of Val-Benois

Saint Maire was from Orléans and of honest, albeit modest, birth. Having become a monk in a monastery in his native city, he engaged with zeal in the militia of God through the practice of good works. He distinguished himself among all his brothers by the excellent purity of his morals and the innocence of his life; for this reason, with the assent of Gondebaud, King of Burgundy, the brothers of the monastery of Redon or Val-Benois, in the diocese of Sisteron, chose him as their abbot, an election which was confirmed by the authority of Bishop John, who then governed that church. The charity and prudence of Maire responded admirably to what was expected of him. Attentive to God alone, he built up in himself and in his own the new man upon the ruins of the old, being for all an example of good works, as the Apostle says, in doctrine, in holiness, in gravity. The power of miracles developed in this faithful steward at the same time as his holiness. He commanded a mute to speak, a deaf man to hear; he opened the eyes of a blind man to make him see a paralytic who was walking; he snatched victims from diseases and prey from death; he drew down the pardon of God upon sinners. He fell asleep in the Lord towards the middle of the 6th century, on the 27th of January. After the happy passing of Maire, when a considerable time had elapsed, when the cruelty of certain nations (the Saracens and the Normans) had almost depopulated France, and the monasteries of Christ had become deserts, the body of the man of God, stolen by some men, was carried, by a disposition of God, to the city of Forcalquier, where it receives the pious homage of the people and the clergy.

Saint Maire was from Orléans and of honest, though modest, birth. Having become a monk in a monastery in his native city, he engaged with zeal in the militia of God through the practice of good. He distinguished himself among all his brothers by the excellent purity of his morals and the innocence of his life; for this reason, with the assent of Gondebaud, King of Burgundy, the brothers of the monastery of Redon or Val-Benois, in the diocese of Sisteron, chose him as their abbot, an election which was confirmed by the authority of Bishop John who then governed that church. The charity and prudence of Maire responded admirably to what was expected of him. Attentive to God alone, he built up in himself and in his own the new man upon the ruins of the old, being for all an example of good works, as the Apostle says, in doctrine, in holiness, in gravity. The power of miracles developed in this faithful steward at the same time as his holiness. He commanded a mute to speak, a deaf man to hear; he opened the eyes of a blind man to make him see a paralytic who was walking; he snatched their victims from diseases and his prey from death; he drew down the pardon of God upon sinners. He fell asleep in the Lord towards the middle of the 6th century, on the 27th of January. After the happy passing of Maire, when a considerable time had elapsed, when the cruelty of certain nations (the Saracens and the Normans) had almost depopulated France, and the monasteries of Christ had become deserts, the body of the man of God, stolen by some men, was carried, by a disposition of God, to the city of Forcalquier, where it receives the pious homage of the people and the clergy.

Saint Maire was from Orléans and of honest, albeit modest, birth. Having become a monk in a monastery in his native city, he engaged with zeal in the militia of God through the practice of good. He distinguished himself among all his brothers by the excellent purity of his morals and the innocence of his life; this is why, with the assent of Gondebaud, King of Burgundy, the brothers of the monastery of Redon or Val-Benois, in the diocese of Sisteron, chose him as their abbot, an election which was confirmed by the authority of Bishop John who then governed that church. The charity and prudence of Maire responded admirably to what was expected of him. Attentive to God alone, he built up in himself and in his own the new man upon the ruins of the old, being for all an example of good works, as the Apostle says, in doctrine, in holiness, in gravity. The power of miracles developed in this faithful steward at the same time as holiness. He commanded a mute to speak, a deaf man to hear him; he opened the eyes of a blind man to make him see a paralytic who was walking; he snatched victims from diseases and prey from death; he drew down the forgiveness of God upon sinners. He fell asleep in the Lord towards the middle of the 6th century, on the 27th of January. After the happy death of Maire, when a considerable time had passed, when the cruelty of certain nations (the Saracens and the Normans) had almost depopulated France, and the monasteries of Christ had become deserts, the body of the man of God, stolen by some men, was carried, by a disposition of God, into the city of Forcalquier, where it receives the pious homage of the people and the clergy.