AUDOMARUS (OMER) (Saint) Bishop (September 9) (7th century) Born
at Ooldenthal near the Lake of Constance, in the sixth century,
on the death of his mother, he and his father became monks in
the Abbey of Luxeuil, under Saint Eustace. Here Saint Audomarus
gained such a reputation for sanctity and learning that King
Dagobert, encouraged by the wishes of the clergy, advised
thereto by Saint Acharius, Bishop of Noyon, chose the young monk
to rule over the extensive Diocese of Terouanne (now Saint
Omer), which was sorely in need of a zealous pastor. By his
exemplary life and untiring energy, the new Bishop suppressed
idolatry and transformed his Diocese into one of the most
flourishing in France. He founded the famous Abbey of Sithiu,
later known as Saint Bertin. In his old age he became blind, but
never relaxed his endeavours to do good and to win souls to God.
He died A.D. 670, and was buried in the church which has since
become the Cathedral of Saint Omer.