Saint Vigor

Who was Saint Vigor?

Saint Vigor was a French bishop and Christian missionary. Born in Artois, he studied at Arras under Saint Vedast. Against the opposition of his father, he became a priest, running away from home to become one. He became a preaching hermit at Ravière and worked as a missionary. In 513, he was named bishop of Bayeux.

He opposed paganism, founding a monastery later known as Saint-Vigor-le-Grand. In Bayeux itself, he destroyed a pagan temple, then still frequented, and built a church over it.