Theobald of Provins

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Saint Theobald of Provins
Born	1017, Provins
Died	June 30, 1066, Salanigo
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	1073 by Pope Alexander II
Feast	June 30
Patronage	bachelors; charcoal-burners
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Saint Theobald of Provins (French: Saint Thibaut, Thibault, Thiébaut) (1017-1066) was a French saint. Born at Provins to the French nobility, he ran away with a friend named Walter to become a hermit at Sussy in the Ardennes. They then traveled to Pettingen.

They became pilgrims on the Way of St. James and afterwards return to the diocese of Trier. They made a pilgrimage to Rome and planned to go to the Holy Land by way of Venice. However, Walter fell ill near Salanigo (Sossano) near Vicenza. They decided to settle there. After Walter died, Theobald became the leader of a group of hermits who had gathered there. His mother, Gisela, eventually became a hermitess near this place of retreat.

Shortly before his death he became a Camaldolese monk.

[edit] Veneration

He died on 30 June, his feast day. He was canonized in 1073 by Pope Alexander II. His cult is centred on Provins and Saint-Thibault-en-Auxois (Côte d'Or), where the Cluniac priory had some of his relics.