Theobald of Marly

Saint Theobald
Abbot
Born	Marly-la-Ville, Montmorency
Died	(1247-12-08)8 December 1247 Monastery of Vaux-de-Cernay
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Major shrine	Vaux-de-Cernay
Feast	27 July; 8 July; 9 July (translation of relics)
Attributes	knight bearing the arms of Thann; sometimes depicted wearing armor under his Cistercian habit with his miter at his feet

Saint Thibaut de Marly, Abbot of Les Vaux-de-Cernay, blesses King Saint Louis and Queen Marguerite in the abbey church. Stained glass window donated by the Countess Potocka to the church in Perrayy-en-Yvelines (France)

Relics of Saint Thibaut de Marly in their shrine. They were kept in the church of St-Brice in Cernay-la-Ville when I asked the parish priest to put them on display.

Funerary slab of Saint Thibaut de Marly in the abbey church of Les Vaux-de-Cernay (Yvelines, France). The Latin inscription is engraved: Hic jacet theobaldus abbas (Here lies Abbot Thibaut)

Theobald of Marly (French: Saint Thibaut, Thibault, Thiébaut; died 8 December 1247) was a French abbot and saint. He was born at the castle of Marly, Montmorency, and was trained as a knight. He served as a knight at the court of Philip Augustus, though he later entered the Cistercian monastery of Vaux-de-Cernay in 1220. He was elected prior in 1230 and ninth abbot in 1235. He was held in high esteem by Saint Louis.

Veneration

He is venerated in Thann and Hemel Hempstead.

External links

• Saint of the Day, July 27: Theobald of Marly at SaintPatrickDC.org