Saint John of the Grating
Bishop of Aleth
Born1098
Brittany, France
Died1163[1]
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Canonized1517 by Cultus confirmed by Pope Leo X
Feast1 February

John of the Grating was a Cistercian Bishop of Aleth. John was born in Brittany, in 1098 he joined Clairvaux,[2] 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.[3] He was given the moniker of "Grating", due to the grating, or metal rails, surrounding his shrine.[4]

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