Blessed Ponzio Of Villeneuve
Also known as: Ponce
Feast Day
5 March (diocese of Nimes, France); 26 March (Avignon breviary)
Died
24 or 26 (records vary) March 1087 at the abbey of Sant’André in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France of natural causes; buried in the abbey church; relics re-discovered in 1887; relics re-located to the parish church of Villeneuve, France
Biography
Blessed Ponzio of Villeneuve, also known as Ponce, was a Benedictine monk and served as the abbot of the Abbey of Sant’André in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France from 1063 to 1087. Born in an unknown year, his noble lineage was evidenced by the fact that his brother monks included his blood brother and his father, who most likely joined the monastery later in life.
Cause for Canonization
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