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St. Theobald of Provins

Feast 06-30

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Theobald was born at Provins in Champagne, France, around 1033, the son of noble parents who hoped he would marry well and continue their line. Drawn instead to a life of penance, he left home with a companion and lived for years as a hermit in the forests, supporting himself by manual labor and enduring cold, hunger, and solitude for the love of Christ.

His reputation for holiness spread, and pilgrims sought him out for counsel and healing, though he fled renown whenever it came. He died in 1066, still young, and his tomb at Provins became a place of devotion. Venerated as a patron of bachelors and of those who work the land, he is invoked by farmers and winegrowers, and by those who suffer from fever or ailments of the eyes.

farmers, farming, agriculture, farm, farm workers, farming life, agricultural workers, farm life, farming community, crops, ranchers, cobblers, cobbling, shoe making, shoe repair, shoemakers, shoes, shoe makers, shoe fixing, leather work, cobbler, shoemaker, bachelors, unmarried men, single men, bachelorhood, celibate men, single life, unmarried, men living alone, eye diseases, eye problems, eye disease, eye health, vision problems, eye conditions, eye disorders, ophthalmology, eye ailments, eyesight problems, vision issues, infertility, infertile, barren, cannot conceive, childless couples, fertility problems, conception difficulties, barrenness

Suggested prayer

O God, who called St. Theobald to leave behind the comforts of home and seek You in solitude, grant through his intercession that we may treasure nothing above Your love and bear our trials with patience. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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