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Icon of St. Dagobert, king
& martyr (+679)
Feast: Dec. 23
St. Dagobert took the throne
of France as a child but was forced into exile. Bishop Dido of
Poitiers, France, took him to Ireland when Childebert was named king.
Dagobert regained his throne in 675 , but this pious and holy soul was
murdered only four years later, on Dec. 23, by Ebroin, mayor of the
palace. St. Dagobert was a friend of St. Wilfrid of York. Holy Martyr
Dagobert, pray to God for us!
Icon is from a workshop of the
ECOF (Orthodox Church of France) Click the image to see the original
composite icon from which the graphic is taken, of Saints of the Royal
House of France.
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