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Saint Porcarius (died c. 732) known as Saint-Porchaire in French was a Benedictine monk governed the abbey of Lérins off the coast of the French Riviera (now known as Île de Saint-Honorat as the monastery was founded by Saint Honoratus of Arles) at a time when the monastery included over 500 residents. According to tradition around the year 732 Porcarius was warned by an angel in a vision that the monastery was about to be attacked by barbarians.