William of Donjeon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French archbishop
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Place of Birth: Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About William of Donjeon
- Saint Guillaume de Donjeon (c.
- 1140 – 10 January 1209) was a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Bourges from 1200 until his death.
- He served as a canon in Soissons and Paris before he entered the Order of Grandmont.
- Sometime later he entered the Cistercians.
- He was known to practice austerities such as abstaining from meat and wearing a hair shirt. He was also known for his deep devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and for his conversion of sinners.
- He oversaw the construction of the new archdiocesan cathedral that his predecessor had authorized and in which he himself would be buried.
- It had been claimed that he performed eighteen miracles in life and a further eighteen in death. His canonization was celebrated under Pope Honorius III in 1218 and he was named as the patron saint for the Parisian college.
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