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Flemish noble orphaned at birth who became a hermit, also called Droun. He became a penitential pilgrim, visiting shrines, and then became a shepherd at Sebourg, France. Stricken with an illness that made him physically repulsive, Drogo built a hut at Sebourg and stayed there as a hermit for forty years. He is a patron of shepherds.
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