Name
Valerius, first bishop of Saint-Lizier
Saint ID
S01297
Reported Death Not After
500
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
ID | Title | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02716 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (83), recounts how Theodorus, bishop of Saint-Lizier-en-Couserans (south-west Gaul), built a church over the tomb of *Valerius (first bishop of Couserans, S01297) and discovered his uncorrupted body; Theodorus took laurel leaves from under the body to cure people, and pieces of the saint's clothing as relics; all in the mid-6th c.. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. |
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