Saint Maur
Stillborn
Hermit in Huy
Born stillborn in Andenne and resurrected through the intercession of the Virgin, Maur worked as a charcoal burner before retiring as a hermit. Dying as an octogenarian, his body was miraculously transferred to Huy, to the Saint-Jean church he visited every month. He is invoked for various physical ailments including gout and paralysis.
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SAINT MAUR, OR STILLBORN, HERMIT IN HUY (late 6th century).
Birth and initial miracle
Born lifeless in Andenne, the child was miraculously resurrected at the chapel of Notre-Dame de la Vigne following the prayers of his charcoal-burner father.
This Saint came into the world dead, which caused him to be called Saint Mort-Né Disciple of Saint Benedict who saved Placidus from drowning. Saint Mort-Né (Stillborn). Andenne, in the county of Namur, was his homeland. His father, who practiced the humble trade of a charcoal burner in the nearby forest, carried him to the chapel of Notre-Dame de la Vigne and obtained from heaven the gra ce of s Mort-Né Disciple of Saint Benedict who saved Placidus from drowning. eeing him return to life. When he was grown, Mort-Né embraced his father's profession; but the latter having died, he took the resolution to withdraw into solitude to devote himself entirely to prayer.
Vocation and solitary life
After practicing his father's trade, he chose the life of a hermit and prayer upon his father's death, living until the age of eighty.
He died an octogenarian.
Translation and devotion
Discovered dead in his cell, a divine sign mandated his transfer to the church of Saint-Jean in Huy, a place he frequented assiduously during his lifetime.
The inhabitants of Andenne, no longer seeing him come out, went to his cell where they found him lying on his pallet, his hands joined. They wished to bury him among them. But a heavenly sign made it known to them that he had to be transported to the church of Saint John the Evangelist in H uy: Huy City of which he is the patron saint and where he is buried. the Blessed one had during his life visited this sanctuary dedicated to the beloved Apost le once every mo Apôtre bien-aimé Saint to whom Zita had a great devotion. nth; it was undoubtedly in reward for his devotion that heaven reserved this glorious burial for him.
Intercessory powers
The saint is invoked for various physical ailments, notably gout and paralysis, according to the cited hagiographic sources.
He is invoked against the disease of the stone, headaches, leg pains, gout, and paralysis. Arte Sanctorum Arte Sanctorum Hagiographic source cited for the life of the saint. .
Annexes & related entities
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Key Events
- Stillborn birth in Andenne
- Miraculous resurrection at the Notre-Dame de la Vigne chapel
- Worked as a charcoal burner
- Retirement into solitude after his father's death
- Died at the age of 80
- Miraculous translation of his body to Huy
Miracles
- Return to life after being stillborn
- Celestial sign indicating the location of his burial in Huy