St. Clarus the Hermit of Beauvaisis + Commemorated on October 22
St. Clarus the Hermit, a nobleman from Rochester England. Following ordination to the priesthood, St. Clarus travelled to Normandy (north-western France), where he lived as a hermit at what is today Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, south-east of Rouen. St. Clarus was murdered at his hermitage, unfortunately the date is impossible to fix. The Menology of England and Wales (the English Menology), places his martyrdom as taking place sometime in the seventh to ninth century.
