Deodatus of Nevers
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Saint Deodatus of Nevers | |
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Roman Catholic Church | |
| Canonized | 1049 by Pope Leo IX |
| Feast | June 19 |
| Attributes | depicted with hand stretching to thunder clouds or exorcising a woman |
| Patronage | invoked for rain, and against thunderstorm, evil spirits, and plague[1] |
Deodatus (Dié, Didier, Dieudonné, Déodat, Adéodat) of Nevers (d. June 19, ca. 679 AD) was a
bishop of Nevers from 655. Deodatus lived with Arbogast in the monastery of Ebersheim, established by Childeric II near Sélestat in the forest of Haguenau
.
Exploits
Deodatus' establishment of the monastery Juncturae (Jointures) in the present town of
Saint Columban (later changed to that of Saint Benedict
).
He baptized the son of
Saint Hunna (Una), who was also named Deodatus and who is also venerated as a saint.[2]
Hunna's son became a monk at Ebersheim.
After 664 Deodatus renounced his see to withdraw to the so-called valley of "Galilaea" in the
Vosges, where he lived as a hermit
in a cell.
Tradition states that he died in the arms of
Treves
.
Veneration
The town of Saint-Dié grew up around the monastery of Jointures. However, some sources connect the name with an earlier saint, Deodatus of Blois (d. 525).[3]
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Relicary of Deodatus of Nevers -
The Consecration of Deodatus
References
- ^ "Saints of June 19". Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Hunna Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of April 24". Archived from the original on 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
External links
- (in German) "Deodatus of Nevers". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German).
- (in German) Deodatus (Dieudonné, Dié) von St. Dié
- (in Norwegian) Den hellige Deodatus av Nevers