St. John of the Grating

Feastday: February 1
Death: 1168

Cistercian bishop, so named because of the grating , or metal rails, surrounding his shrine. A Breton who entered Clairvaux, he was professed by St. Bernard and became bishop of Aleth before the see was transferred to Saint­Malo. He founded Sainte-Croix de Guingamp and Saint-Jacques de Montfort Abbeys.

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John of the Grating was a Cistercian Bishop of Aleth. John was born in Brittany, in 1098 he joined Clairvaux, where he was professed by St. Bernard. He would go on to found Sainte-Croix de Guingamp and Saint-Jacques de Montfort Abbeys, after his appointment as Bishop in 1144. He was given the moniker of "Grating", due to the grating, or metal rails, surrounding his shrine.