Contentius

Saint Contest, bishop of Bayeux, successor of Manvieu. Stained glass window from 1839 by Duval and Panchet Bellerose in the Saint-Hilaire, Saint-Contest and Sainte-Honorine chapels.

Contentius[1] (died 510) was bishop of Bayeux from 480 until his death.[2] He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint.[3] His feast day is 19 January.[4]

  1. ^ Contestus, Content, Contès, Context.
  2. ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Contentius Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
  4. ^ Matthew Bunson and Stephen Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints (2003), p. 223.