Mesmin

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Saint Mesmin (Maximin, Maximinus) (d. ca. 520 AD) is a French saint associated with the Bishopric of Orléans. He provided direction to Leonard of Noblac. Saint Euspicius was his uncle. His feast day is December 15.

Clovis gave Euspicius and his nephew Mesmin the domain of Micy, near Orléans at the confluence of the Loire and the Loiret, for a monastery in 508. When Euspicius died, Mesmin became abbot, and during his rule the religious life flourished there notably.

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• SAINT MAXIMIN or MESMIN of VERDUN

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.