Volusianus of Tours

Saint Volusianus (French: Saint Volusien) was the seventh Bishop of Tours, from 491 to 498. He came from a rich and pious senatorial family, and was a close relative of his predecessor Saint Perpetuus, as well as of Ruricius of Limoges. He was deprived of his see by the Visigoths, exiled to Toulouse, and perhaps martyred.[1] His feast day is January 18. He is the patron saint of Foix.

Notes

1.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goyau, Georges (1912). "Archdiocese of Tours". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

References

• History of the Franks, book X, by Gregory of Tours.

See also

• Saint-Volusien, Foix

External links

• Heike Grieser (1998). "Volusianus, Bischof von Tours". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 13. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 64–66. ISBN 3-88309-072-7.
• Saint Volusien (in French)