Canonized Pre-Congregation Died Arras, France Feast August 25 Children Leudwinus | Patronage The Franks Siblings Leodegar Name Saint Warinus | |
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Venerated in Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church Great grandchildren Pepin the Short, Aldana, daughter of Charles Martel People also search for Leudwinus, Leodegar, Rotrude of Treves, Kunza of Metz, Milo, daughter of Chrodobertus II | ||
Grandchildren Rotrude of Treves, Milo | ||
Warinus of Poitiers (also Warin, Guerin, Gerinus, Varinus; d. 677 AD) was the Franco-Burgundian Count of Poitiers and Count of Paris and later Saint Warinus, Martyr of the Franks. He was the son of Saint Sigrada of Sainte-Marie de Soissons and the brother of Saint Leodegarius. He was the father of Saint Leudwinus.
In 677 A.D., Warinus was stoned to death near Arras because of a feud between his brother Leodegarius and Ebroin, the Frankish Mayor of the Palace of Neustria.
Life
Warinus was born in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy. He was the son of Bodilon, a Count of Poitiers and Sigrada of Alsace, and Sainte-Marie de Soissons. He was the founder of the famous noble family of the Guideschi.
As a nobleman, Warinus spent his childhood at the court of Clotaire II.
He married Gunza von Treves, a Frankish noblewoman in France. His wife came from an influential Frankish family and was the sister of Saint Basinus of Treves. They had three children: