Blessed John of Ghent (The Hermit of Saint-Claude)
A 15th-century Benedictine monk of Saint-Claude, John of Ghent retired to a hermitage to escape the laxity of his abbey. Driven by a revelat…
Iconographic attribute
long beard
2 saints
Iconographic attribute
2 saints
A 15th-century Benedictine monk of Saint-Claude, John of Ghent retired to a hermitage to escape the laxity of his abbey. Driven by a revelat…
Born in Tours in 1026, Guillaume Firmat was initially a physician and canon before choosing the eremitic life. After two pilgrimages to Jeru…