Feastday: June 30
Death: 623
Bishop ordained by St. Germanicus. Archdeacon of Paris, he became bishop of Le Mans, France, in 587. Bertrand was an avid agriculturalist, interested in grape growing. He supported the Neustrian kings and was exiled, but reinstated by King Clotaire II, in 609. Bertrand founded a church, a monastery, and a hospice.
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