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Contentius[1] (died 510) wasbishop of Bayeux from 480 until his death.[2] He is aCatholic andOrthodoxsaint.[3] Hisfeast day is 19 January.[4]
According to Father Elie,[5] he was Bayeusain, and hishermitage was located at Blay, near Bayeux.
His great reputation for holiness brought him many visits frompilgrims who came to him for spiritual comfort.
However, the inhabitants managed to have him namedbishop of Bayeux to succeed SaintManvieu.[6] In this function he fought against theidolatry that still existed in this country, as well as against thenobles who traded it.
He has been attributed severalmiracles, one of which, on the way toSees, he made water from the ground to Athis-de-l'Orne to quench his companions.
He died in 513. First buried in the church of Saint-Exupére, he was transferred in 1162 to the Benedictine abbey of Fécamp. His relics were then transported toArgentan where they escaped the Huguenots in 1562. The translation of his right femur in the church of Saint-Contest was done in 1896 during a great ceremony.
A municipality of the Caen conurbation is calledSaint-Contest and the town of Mayenne is calledContest.
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