Statue
de saint Riquier de la fin du XIXe siècle, Houchin, Pas-de-Calais,
église Saint-Omer. Le saint y est désigné comme le protecteur des petits
enfants.
Saint Riquier
Prêtre dans le
Ponthieu (+ 645)
Confesseur.
Converti par des moines
irlandais qui passaient dans son pays, il soigna tout d'abord des lépreux puis
partit missionnaire itinérant. Il fonda le monastère de Centule en Ponthieu
qui, par la suite, pris son nom de Saint-Riquier. Mais il se fit ermite durant
les dernières années de sa vie dans la forêt de Crécy.
Dans la forêt de Crécy du
pays d’Amiens, en 645, saint Riquier, prêtre, qui, remué par la prédication de
moines irlandais, se convertit à Dieu, se fit missionnaire dans les provinces
du Nord, fonda à Centule un monastère pour ses disciples et finit ses jours
dans une cabane.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/1041/Saint-Riquier.html
Saint Riquier
Jeune homme, Riquier
prend la défense de deux pèlerins irlandais de passage, que les gens de son
village malmènent. Les pèlerins lui enseignent l'Évangile. Dès lors, Riquier
mène une vie pauvre, accueille les malades, annonce l'Évangile. On vient le
voir de loin, car il opère des guérisons. Il est ordonné prêtre et fonde un
monastère. Le roi Dagobert, qui accepte les conseils d'humilité qu'il lui
donne, devient son ami. Les dons affluant alors de partout au monastère,
Riquier les utilise pour racheter des prisonniers. A la fin de sa vie, il se
retire dans une cabane, où les malades viennent se faire guérir. Il meurt en
645.
SAINT RIQUIER
Issu d'une famille noble
de Picardie, le jeune Riquier avait recueilli un jour deux missionnaires
irlandais qui avaient été maltraités par les habitants de cette région de
l'embouchure de la Somme encore largement païenne. Ayant passé toute la nuit à
écouter ces hommes de Dieu, il leur confessa ses péchés avec larmes et décida
de consacrer désormais sa vie à la prédication de l'Évangile. Après avoir
affranchi ses serfs, il commença à parcourir le pays, annonçant la Bonne
Nouvelle et distribuant en aumônes les offrandes qu'on lui faisait. Il était
d'une grande austérité envers lui-même - sa nourriture consistait en un pain
d'orge trempé dans l'eau -, mais il montrait la plus grande charité pour tous,
si bien que les malades et les éprouvés venaient en foule chercher auprès de
lui la guérison de l'âme et du corps. Parcourant les provinces du Nord, et
poussant même jusqu'en Angleterre, il gagna un grand nombre de pécheurs et
d'idolâtres, et rendit la liberté à beaucoup de captifs, Chrétiens et païens.
Pour les disciples qui
demandaient à vivre sous sa conduite, il fonda, près du lieu de sa naissance, à
Cétule, une Église et un Monastère, où il aimait lui-même venir se retirer. Un
jour, le roi Dagobert (629-639) lui rendit visite. Après l'avoir béni, le Saint
lui donna avec douceur des conseils sur la manière dont un prince chrétien doit
exercer son autorité : sans s'enorgueillir de sa puissance ou mettre son
espérance dans les flatteries et les richesses passagères, mais en glorifiant
Dieu, le seul Souverain du ciel et de la terre, à qui il devra rendre compte de
son gouvernement. Le roi écouta avec respect ces conseils et montra par la
suite une grande estime pour l'homme de Dieu.
Lorsque Riquier atteignit
un grand âge, il voulut se retirer dans une solitude plus profonde afin de s'y
préparer à la mort. Le roi et les seigneurs du pays lui offrirent un endroit
convenable dans la forêt de Crécy, où il s'installa en compagnie d'un seul
disciple, en vue de s'y livrer tout entier à la contemplation des biens
préparés au ciel pour les dignes serviteurs de Dieu. Il y mena une ascèse
redoublée et acquit un grand pouvoir sur la nature et les animaux sauvages.
Mais bientôt sa retraite fut connue, et les pauvres, les malades, comme les
puissants de ce monde, s'y empressèrent. « Tous ceux pour lesquels il priait,
écrit son biographe, obtenaient aussitôt de la bonté du Christ tout ce qu'ils
demandaient ». Lorsqu'il sentit que le moment d'achever son séjour terrestre
approchait, il demanda à son disciple de lui confectionner un cercueil dans un
tronc d'arbre et, achevant son ultime prière, il dit : « Puisse le Sauveur du
monde être miséricordieux avec moi et, après avoir été mon consolateur en cette
vie, puisse-t-Il être dans l'autre mon rémunérateur ! » Saint Riquier
s'endormit en paix, le 26 avril 645. Peu après ses disciples vinrent prendre
son corps pour l'inhumer à Cétule, où il devint une source de miracles. On
construisit par la suite une grande église, pour ce Monastère qui devait être
un des plus illustres du Moyen -Age occidental.
SOURCE : http://www.histoire-russie.fr/icone/saints_fetes/textes/riquier.html
SAINT RIQUIER, abbé
fondateur de Centule
Saint Riquier est né sous
le règne de Clotaire II dans le Ponthieu (Picardie) d’une famille noble. Un jour,
le jeune Riquier recueillit deux missionnaires irlandais qui avaient été
maltraités par les habitants de cette région de l’embouchure de la Somme encore
païenne. Ayant passé la nuit à écouter ces hommes de Dieu, il décida de
consacrer sa vie à la prédication de l’Évangile. Ordonné prêtre, saint Riquier
parcourut tout le pays répandant les bienfaits de sa charité guérissant les
corps et les âmes. Il était d’une grande austérité envers lui-même ; sa
nourriture consistait en un pain d’orge trempé dans de l’eau. Parcourant les
provinces du nord, il poussa jusqu’en Angleterre où il rendit la liberté à
beaucoup de captifs.
Pour les disciples qui demandaient à vivre sous sa conduite, il fonda un
monastère en Picardie, nommé Centule, sous la règle de saint Colomban de
Luxeuil où il venait se retirer et aussi recevoir les puissants de ce monde. Un
jour, Dagobert rendit visite au saint qui lui donna quelques conseils
tout évangéliques. « Ne pas s’enorgueillir de sa puissance, ni espérer
dans les richesses passagères ; mais craindre la puissance de Dieu. Plutôt
craindre de commander que d’obéir. Celui qui obéit ne rend compte à Dieu que
pour lui-même ; celui, au contraire qui commande, rendra compte pour ceux
qui lui sont soumis. »
Lorsque Riquier atteignit un grand âge, il se retira dans la forêt de Crécy
avec son disciple Sigobard. Mais bientôt sa retraite fut connue et, les
pauvres, les malades et les puissants du monde s’y empressèrent. Lorsqu’il
sentit que sa fin approchait, il demanda à son disciple de lui confectionner un
cercueil dans un tronc d’arbre. Puis il dit : « Puisse le Sauveur du
monde être miséricordieux avec moi et, après avoir été mon consolateur en cette
vie, puisse-t-Il être dans l'autre mon rémunérateur ! »
Il meurt le 26 avril 645. Son corps fut inhumé à Centule où il devint une
source de miracles. Charlemagne visita ce tombeau qui fut ouvert en sa
présence ; on y trouva les restes du saint dans le même état qu’au moment
de sa mort.
Saint Riquier est fêté le
26 avril
SOURCE : http://www.orthodoxie-celtique.net/saint_Riquier.html
Relics
of Saint Richarius, kept in the abbey church of St. Riquier
Relique
de saint Riquier dans l'abbatiale de Saint-Riquier,
Somme, France.
Relikwie
en beeld van Richarius in de abdijkerk van Saint-Riquier, Frankrijk.
Also
known as
Ricario
Riquier
9
October (translation of relics)
Profile
Born a pagan.
As a young man
he protected Saints Caidoc and Fricor, Irish missionaries in
danger from local non-Christians.
While in hiding, the missionaries converted Richardius.
He became a priest, travelling the
country on a donkey and preaching the
Gospel. Worked in England for
several years, then returned to France to
found an abbey at
Centula and serve as its first abbot.
When King Dagobert
visited him, Richarius was so frank and blunt with his advice that the king gave
him a large reward; Richarius passed it on to the poor.
He was among the first to work on ransoming captives.
Eventually resigned all offices to live his final years as a prayerful hermit.
Born
at Centula, France
26 April 645 at
Foret-Moutier, France of
natural causes
initially buried in
a hollowed-out tree because that’s all his disciple Sigobart could afford
Additional
Information
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Ramsgate
Lives
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Roman
Martyrology, 1914 edition
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Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Richarius of Celles“. CatholicSaints.Info.
26 April 2024. Web. 1 April 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-richarius-of-celles/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-richarius-of-celles/
Modern stained-glass image of Ricarius in Saint-Riquier Church, Sorrus, Pas-de-Calais
Vitrail de l'église Saint-Riquier de Sorrus dédié à Saint Riquier.
Article
(Ricarius, Riquier) (April 26)
(Saint) Abbot (7th
century) A French priest who
appears to have passed some time in England.
Favoured by King Dagobert,
he founded the monastery of
Central (Saint-Riquier) near Amiens. He ended his days (A.D. 645)
as a hermit in
a neighbouring forest.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Richarius”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
12 November 2017. Web. 1 April 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-richarius/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-richarius/
St. Riquier
Feastday: April 26
Death: 645
Abbot and hermit, also
called Richarius. Born at Celles, near Amiens, France, he became a priest after
rescuing two Irish missionaries from a murderous band of local pagans. After
studying in England, he was ordained and returned home, where he founded
an abbey at
Celles over which he presided as abbot. He later resigned from his office and
spent his remaining days as a hermit on the site of Forest Montiers Monastery.
Abbeville is the modern site of Riquier’s foundation.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4609
Richarius, Abbot (RM)
(also known as Riquier)
Born in Centula (Celles)
near Amiens, France; died at Forêt- Moutier, April 26, c. 645; feast of his
translation is October 9. As a young pagan, Richarius protected two Irish
missionaries--Cadoc and Frichor--who were in danger from the local people. They
then instructed him in the Christian faith. From that time he began to fast
strenuously, cry copiously for his sins, and pray without ceasing. He became a
priest and went to England for several years. Upon his return to France,
Richarius founded an abbey in Centula in 638, afterwards called Celles, became
famous as a preacher, and admonished King Dagobert and other luminaries. The
gifts he received from the wealthy, he handed on to the poor. He was the first
to devote himself to the work of ransoming captives. After some years as abbot
he resigned and spent the rest of his life as a hermit. His relics were moved
to the town now called Saint- Riquier (Somme), where a monastery was later
founded. Saint Riquier appears frequently in ancient calendars and litanies.
His reputation extended across the Channel: A church in Aberford, West
Yorkshire, England, is dedicated to his memory (Benedictines, Farmer,
Husenbeth).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0426.shtml
Abbatiale
de Saint-Riquier, statue de saint Riquier en habit de moine
April 26
St. Richarius, or
Riquier, Abbot
HE was born in the
village of Centula, in Ponthieu. His pious parents had no worldly riches to
leave him; but he was sensible how great an inheritance that of grace and
virtue is. His youth was spent in the laborious occupations of a country life,
which he sanctified by the motives of religion, and the practice of moral
virtues: but God, by the following occasion, taught him its most perfect
lessons. Two pious Irish priests, named Cadoc and Frichor, passing through that
country, and being ill-treated by the people, Riquier entertained them and did
them all the good offices in his power. They in requital taught him the maxims
of perfect virtue; and God, in recompense of his charity, spoke, at the same
time, inwardly to his heart in sentiments with which he had been unacquainted
whilst he did not so seriously consider the great truths of religion. From that
time he began to fast on barley bread strewed with ashes, drinking only water,
which he often mingled with his tears, which he shed abundantly. He joined
watchings to manual labour, and passed both the nights and days in prayer and
holy meditation. Having prepared himself for holy orders, he was promoted to
the priesthood. From that moment he considered himself as bound to live no
longer to himself; and began to preach and to instruct the faithful with
extraordinary zeal.—He came over into England to perfect himself in the science
of the saints; but returned to preach the word of God in his own country. God
everywhere crowned his zeal with wonderful success. King Dagobert I. desired to
hear him preach; and the saint spoke so pathetically on the vanities of the
world, that the king was exceedingly moved, and bestowed on him many presents.
The saint employed them in the relief of the poor, and in founding the
monastery of Centula, in the diocess of Amiens, which he began in 638. He some
time after built a second, called to this day Forest-Montier, three leagues and
a half from Abbeville. He lived an anchoret in the forest of Cressy, with one
only companion, in perpetual contemplation and prayer; and in so great
austerity, that he seemed almost to forget that he had a body. He died about
the year 645. His relics are the chief treasure of his great monastery of
Centula, now called St. Riquier. His name is famous in the French and Roman
Calendars. See his life by Alcuin: likewise other memoirs in Mabillon and
Henschenius.
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume IV: April. The Lives of the
Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/4/262.html
Saint of the Day – 26
April – St Richarius of Celles (c 560-645)
Posted on April
26, 2020
Saint of the Day – 26
April – St Richarius of Celles (c 560-645) Priest, founder of Monasteries,
spiritual adviser, apostle of the poor, the sick and prisoners and finally, a
Hermit – born at Centula, France and died on 26 April 645 at Foret-Moutier,
France of natural causes. In France he is known as St Riquier.
Patronages – the cities of Saint-Riquier, Centula and Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière
in France.
Richarius was born a
pagan in the late 6th century in the county of Ponthieu near Amiens in Picardy
in the north-west of France. According to the vita written by St
Alcuin, Richarius gave shelter to two Welsh missionaries, Caidocus and
Frechorius, who were treated with great hostility by the local people who
blamed the strangers for crop failure. Because he “welcomed
God in the persons of the travellers… this was why he was granted God’s mercy.”
Richarius converted to
Christianity under their influence. After his conversion, he fasted
on barley bread mixed with ashes and drank only water. He was
ordained a Priest and travelled to England, preaching the Gospel and curing the
sick. Travelling by donkey rather than horse, he read the psalter
as he rode.
In 638, after some years
in England, Richarius returned home and founded a Monastery in his hometown in
Ponthieu that was named Centule (or Centula, alteration of Latin Centum
Turres – hundred towers). This monastery practised according to the
Rule of Saint Columbanus.
A city developed around
this Monastery, also named Centule. In the Middle Ages it was
renamed to Saint-Riquier. Nowadays it has some 1200 inhabitants, who
still refer to themselves as Centulois. The Frankish king Dagobert
I once came to visit the Monastery, and Richarius offered the king
advice. He was frank and clear in his speech to the king, speaking
without fear or flattery and the king thereafter, became a benefactor of the
Monastery. Others also gave generously to Richarius’s Monastery and
he was able to use the money to help lepers and the poor and to ransom
prisoners held by England.
Richarius eventually
founded a second Monastery called Forest-Montier. He made a shelter
in the forest of Crécy, fifteen miles from his Monastery. He lived
there as a hermit with his disciple Sigobart. On 26 April 645, he
bid farewell to Sigobart and died.
His relics were first put
in a coffin made of an oak trunk and then translated to the Abbey of
Centula. One hundred and fifty years later, Charlemagne built a
golden shrine to enclose the relics and had the Saint-Riquier Gospels made for
the shrine. In 950 Count Arnulf I transferred the bones to
Montreuil, then to the Abbey of Saint Bertin in today’s St-Omer.
In 980, Hugo Capet returned them to St-Riquier. Above the tomb of
Richarius, an Abbey was built, which was later named after him, as was the
city.
Aside from Saint-Riquier,
the city of Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière in Normandy bears his name and there is
one church in England St Ricarius Church, Aberford, a town the saint is
supposed to have visited in 630.
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San Ricario di
Celles Sacerdote
Festa: 26 aprile
† Foresta di Crécy,
Francia, 26 aprile 645 circa
San Ricario, in francese
saint Riquier, nacque a Celles, nei pressi di Amiens, nella Francia
settentrionale. A quel tempo tale zona era ancora prevalentemente pagana ed
egli fu istruito nella fede cristiana da due missionari irlandesi, che era
riuscito miracolosamente a salvare dalla ferocia omicida del popolo. Divenne
sacerdote e intraprese con successo una campagna missionaria. In seguito si
trasferì in Inghilterra per espandere il raggio d'azione della sua opera di
evangelizzazione, ma soprattutto per riscattare e rimpatriare alcuni
prigionieri. Secondo alcune leggende, il santo fondò anche un'abbazia nel suo
paese natale sullo stile monastico di san Colombano. Ciò risulta però
storicamente poco credibile e pare dunque più probabile che abbia fondato solo
una chiesa, attorno alla quale in un'epoca successiva si sviluppo poi
l'abbazia. Invecchiando intraprese una vita solitaria, ritirandosi nella
foresta di Crécy: qui fondò una comunità monastica, ove trascorse il resto dei
suoi giorni. Morì il 26 aprile di un anno imprecisato, che la tradizione
identifica con il 645. (Avvenire)
Emblema: Bastone
pastorale
Martirologio
Romano: Nell’eremo della selva di Crecy presso Amiens nel territorio della
Neustria in Francia, san Ricario, sacerdote, che, mosso dalla predicazione dei
monaci scozzesi, si convertì a una vita di penitenza.
San Ricario, in francese Saint-Riquier, nacque a Celles, nei pressi di Amiens, nella Francia settentrionale. A quel tempo tale zona era ancora prevalentemente pagana ed egli fu istruito nella fede cristiana da due missionari irlandesi, che era riuscito miracolosamente a salvare dalla ferocia omicida del popolo. Divenne sacerdote ed intraprese con successo una campagna missionaria. In seguito si trasferì in Inghilterra per espandere il raggio d’azione della sua opera di evangelizzazione, ma soprattutto per riscattare e rimpatriare alcuni prigionieri. La sua fama di santità si diffuse, finchè giunse all’attenzione anche del re Dagoberto I, cha pensò di fargli visita. Ricario lo ammonì allora così: “Colui che deve obbedire, renderà conto a Dio solo di se stesso, ma colui che comanda dovrà rispondere anche per tutti coloro che gli sono soggetti”.
Secondo alcune leggende, il santo fondò anche un’abbazia nel suo paese natale sullo stile monastico di San Colombano. Ciò risulta però storicamente poco credibile e pare dunque più probabile che abbia fondatoselo una chiesa, attorno alla quale in un’epoca successiva si sviluppo poi l’abbazia.
Invecchiando desiderò intraprendere una vita solitaria, per cui si ritirò in eremitaggio nella foresta di Crécy: qui fondò una comunità monastica, ove trascorse il resto dei suoi giorni. Morì il 26 aprile di un anno imprecisato, ma tradizionalmente considerato il 645.
Il suo compagno Sigobardo scrisse la sua prima “Vita”. Il monastero di Forestmountier, edificato nei pressi di Crécy nel luogo dove si trovava la cella del santo, venne in seguito accorpato a quello di Celles e rinominato Saint-Riquier. Quando Carlo Magno decise di trascorrervi la Pasqua, il dotto Alcuino suo accompagnatore scrisse una “Vita” di Ricario in latino elegante, assai meritevole per un santo così importante, “secondo solo agli apostoli per i miracoli che operava”.
Autore: Fabio Arduino
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92844
Abtei
Saint-Riquier in Centula - dem heutigen St-Riquier,
Stich aus dem Jahr 1612, nach einer Miniatur aus dem Jahr 1299
Richarius von Centula
französischer Name:
Riquier
Gedenktag katholisch: 26. April
Empfang der Gebeine im Kloster St-Riquier: 3. Juni
Übertragung der Gebeine: 9. Oktober
Name bedeutet: der
starke Mächtige (althochdt.)
Priester, Einsiedler
* im 6. Jahrhundert in Centula, heute St-Riquier an der Somme in Frankreich
† um 645 im Wald bei Crézy, am Ort des späteren Klosters nahe Forest-Montiers in
Frankreich
Riquier wurde der
Überlieferung nach von den irischen Missionaren Caidocus
und Frechorius zum Christentum bekehrt und zum Priester geweiht. Er
wirkte dann als Priester in seiner Heimat, bis er von König Dagobert beschenkt
wurde und nach England reiste, um Gefangene zu befreien. Um 640 zog er sich
zurück und lebte im Wald bei Crézy - dem heutigen Forest-Montiers -
als Einsiedler.
Nach seinem Tod wurde
Riquiers Leichnam in seinen Heimatort überführt.
950 überführte Graf Arnulf I. die Gebeine nach
Montreuil - dem heutigen Montreuil-sur-Mer -,
dann ins Kloster St-Bertin im heutigen St-Omer;
980 führte Hugo Capet sie nach St-Riquier zurück. Über dem Grab von Riquier
entstand eine Abtei, die später ebenso wie die Stadt nach ihm benannt wurde.
Riquiers Lebensgeschichte
wurde wohl Ende des 7. Jahrhunderts verfasst. Kurz nach 800 wurde sie auf
Bitten von Abt Angilibert durch Alkuin überarbeitet,
der sein Werk Karl dem
Großen widmete.
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