¤ Saint Of The Day ¤

St. Guntramnus was the fourth son of the king Clovis. Clovis was the first king to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one king.

St. Guntramnus is the patron saint of divorced couples, and murderers.
This is most likly because he gave in to many earthly temptations, including divorcing his first wife and having an unsuccessful doctor of his second wife killed.
 During St. Guntramnus’s reign, his kingdom was ravanged by a disease called known as “Saint Anthony’s Fire”, which we now know as Ergotism.
Instead of shuting himself up in his castle, as others may have done, he worked among his people, making sure that the lowliest were cared for.

St. Guntramnus was a just ruler, and a supporter of religious works. He died in the year 592, and was buried in the basement of the church of Saint Marcellus, which he founded.

Sadly, there is not a lot of information about St. Guntramnus on the internet. He is definetly a lesser known saint. I was, however, able to dig up this site, totally devoted to him – enjoy!
St. Guntramnus’ “Profile”