Baring-Gould’s sources: S. Richarius or Riquier, as he is called in France, is commemorated by (Jsuardus and Wandelbert, and the Roman Martyrology. Authority A life by Alanis, dedicated to Charlemagne. There is another life pretending to be by a contemporary, but it is a forgery.] This saint was bom at Centule, near Abbeville, at the close of the 6th or the beginning of the 7th century. He was converted by two Irish priests, Cadoc and Frigor, who passed through his village, and he began to live a life of self-mortification. He was ordained priest, and then visited Ireland. On his return to France he was summoned to the court of king Dagobert, who was pleased with him. He founded an abbey at Centule in 638, and another called afterwards Forest-Mou tiers, three leagues and a-half from Abbeville, in the forest of Cressy. Riquier passed the rest of his life in this forest with a single companion. His relics are preserved in the church of S. Riquier, which occupies the site of the ancient abbey of Centule. In art he appears with the fleur-de-lys on his habit, to represent his relation to the royal family of France. S. AntAimius.