Name
Desideratus, recluse of Chalon-sur-Saône, ob. mid-6th c.
Saint ID
S01299
Reported Death Not Before
532
Reported Death Not After
580
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Miracle-workers in lifetime, Lesser clergy , Hermits/recluses
| ID | Title | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02719 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (85), tells of *Desideratus (recluse of Chalon-sur-Saône, ob. mid-6th c., S01299), a man with powers of healing whom Gregory met; on his death, possession of his body was contested, and it was eventually buried in the church of a leper-hospital built by Agricola, bishop of Chalon (eastern Gaul), where the saint effects miracles. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. |
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