Rouen duck with higher production. The eggs are typically white, but can have blue and green tints. Exhibition-typed Rouen ducks have been known to crush their eggs if allowed to set due to their massive frames. In 1861, Mrs Beeton said of it: The origin of the name is not known. When they arrived in England, they were variously called Rhône, after the region in southwest-central France, Rohan, after the cardinal of that name, Roan, for the mixture of colours, and Rouen after the northern French town, with Rouen eventually being adopted in both England and France. In France they are called
Flavius of Rouen Flavius of Rouen Saint Flavius of Rouen, also known as Saint Filleul or Saint Flieu, was a 6th-century bishop of Rouen, the 16th in the usual sequence. Flavius was either of Roman origin or of a Gallic family who had knowledge of Rome. He has sometimes been identified as governor of the palace of King Dagobert, but on chronological grounds this is clearly mistaken. He was more probably treasurer or superintendent of finances for either Childebert or Clotaire, the latter being the more likely. He became bishop of Rouen in 525, and attended the councils of Orleans of 533, 538