Feast day: September 7
St. Cloud
A grandson of King Clovis whose brothers were murdered to clear the throne; he escaped, renounced his royal claim, and became a humble monk and priest near Paris.
Heir to a Frankish kingdom whose family killed for power, he cut off his royal hair himself and chose a monk's cell — the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud bears his name.
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