Draft:Saint Majan

Saint Majan or Maianus is a 6th century French saint venerated in the Lombez region of France.

Biography
The Missal of Lombez places the life of St. Majan in the 6th century. According to his medieval "Life", he came from Antioch on pilgrimage to Rome, and went on to evangelise the inhabitants of Lombez. The rumour of miracles at his tomb attracted pilgrims, and eventually thieves, and two monks of the abbey of Villemagne stole his body in 892 and took it back. Their own abbey was rededicated in his name in 893.

His "Vita" (BHL 5945) exists in manuscript in Paris BNF lat. 12699, but it has never been printed. The "Translatio" of his body (BHL 5946) was printed in Latin in 1680.

St. Majan is sometimes confused with St. Mewan, a Breton saint of the 6-7th century. . This confusion was cleared up by Jean-Loup Lemaître in his article « Majan et Méen. Remarques sur BHL 5944-46 », in Analecta Bollandiana, 2001, volume 119, p. 339-343.

His feast day is 2 June.