AUDOENO (OUEN), saint. - Born in 610 in the vicinity of Soissons, he was blessed as a child by St. Colombano; while still young—he then bore the name of Dadone—he was sent to the court of Clotario II, where he became a friend of St. Eligio. He assisted his brother Adone in founding the monastery of Jouarre near Meaux, and himself founded that of Revais (634). Bishop of Rouen from 641, he took part in the Second Council of Chalon-sur-Saône (650), promoted monasticism by founding monasteries, among which that of Fontenelle was notable, and, because of the great influence he enjoyed at the court of the Frankish kings, took part in political affairs. He died on 24 Aug. 684 at Clichy near Paris, on his return from a diplomatic mission to Cologne.
Audoeno (Ouen), Saint
BIBL.: The life of St. Eligio written by him, now lost, was later used in the Vita Eligii, in MGH, Scriptores Rerum Merovingicarum, V, p. 663 sgs. The oldest Vita of St. A. (8th cent.) is published (ibid., pp. 536-67; Acta SS. Augusti, IV, Anversa 1739, pp. 794-840; E. Vacandard, Vie de s. Ouen, Parigi 1902; Martyr, Romanum, pp. 356-57. Mario Scaduto
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“AUDOENO (OUEN), SANTO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), p. 248. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/audoeno-ouen-santo.