A portrait of St. Ivo of Kermartin
St. Ivo of Kermartin
17 October 1253 – 19 May 1303
Feast
May 19 · XIV c.
Patron of
Lawyers · Judges · Abandoned children · Poor litigants
Order
Priest / Lawyer
Breton priest and lawyer (1253-1303), studied law at Paris and Orléans, ordained priest 1284 and combined the offices of parish priest and ecclesiastical judge ("official") at Tréguier and Rennes; defended the poor in court, refused bribes, and arbitrated disputes. Patron of lawyers; canonized 1347 by Clement VI.
Life & Times
Born: 17 October 1253 · Died: 19 May 1303 · From: Brittany / France.
Patronage
St. Ivo of Kermartin is invoked as the patron of lawyers, judges, abandoned children, poor litigants. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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