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Ferreolus Of Limoges
Ferreolus may refer to: *Tonantius Ferreolus (other), several meanings *Ferréol of Grenoble, Ferjus of Grenoble, Catholic saint *Ferréol of Uzès, Catholic saint *Ferreolus and Ferrutio, martyrs and saints ;See also *Saint Ferreolus (other) {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonantius Ferreolus (other)
Tonantius Ferreolus may refer to: * Tonantius Ferreolus (prefect) * Tonantius Ferreolus (senator) {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferréol Of Uzès
Saint Ferréol (Ferreolus) of Uzès (530 – January 4, 581 AD) was bishop of Uzès and possibly bishop of Nîmes (''Catholic Encyclopedia'' "Nîmes") (553-581). His Feast Day is January 4. He was born in Narbonne, apparently a grandson of Cloderic of the Ripuarian Franks. Bishops in Merovingian Gaul were ordinarily drawn from the highest levels of society. Ferréol founded a Benedictine abbey, for which he wrote a rule that survives; it regards the work of transcription in the scriptorium as the equivalent of manual labor, since it charges that the monk "who does not turn up the earth with the plow ought to write the parchment with his fingers." As bishop of Uzès, Ferréol devoted himself in particular to converting the Jews within his diocese. Under Childebert I Ferréol was banished from his see in 555, for having lived in too friendly relations with the Jews of Septimania. The thoroughly Romanized region had until recently been ruled by a Visigothic and Arian upper cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferreolus And Ferrutio
Saints Ferreolus and Ferrutio (or Fargeau and Ferrutius; french: Ferréol et Ferjeux; it, Ferreolo e Ferruccio) (died ca. AD 212) are venerated as martyrs and saints by the Catholic Church, especially in Besançon where they are honored as its patron saints. History Their legendary acts state that they were brothers converted to Christianity by Saint Polycarp.Alban Butler; Paul Burns, ''Butler's Lives of the Saints'' (Continuum International, 2000), 117. They were ordained as priest and deacon, respectively, by Saint Irenaeus of Lyons. They were sent to the area around Besançon as missionaries. They are called natives of Asia Minor; Alban Butler held it "more probable that they were natives of Gaul who had studied in Asia Minor and come under Christian influence." After working as missionaries amongst the Sequani for 30 years, in AD 212 during the persecution of Alexander Severus, they were arrested, tortured and beheaded. While aspects of their legend may not be entirely histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
