Desideratus (died 550) was a French saint from

Soissons Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital o ...

in the Christian church. Disideratus came from a family of saints, as his father, Auginus, mother, Agia, and brothers Desiderius and Deodatus, were all

canonized Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of s ...

. The parents taught the two boys to care for the poor and to use their possessions to aid others."St. Desideratus, Bishop", The Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer
/ref> Desideratus became chancellor for King Clotaire and sought to eliminate simony and heresy in Clotaire's lands. Desideratus wished to retire to a monastery but Clotaire argued that he should put the needs of his subjects ahead of himself. In 549 he succeeded Arcadius as

Bishop of Bourges The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Bituricensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Bourges'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese comprises the departements of ...

. Goyau, Georges. "Bourges." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 16 April 2020 At the fifth Council of Orleans and second Council of Auvergne, he combated Nestorianism. He died on May 8, 550. May 8 is his feast day in the west.

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* Hoever, Hugo. ''Lives of the Saints''. New York: Catholic Book Publishing, 1977. {{Authority control 550 deaths Bishops of Bourges 6th-century Frankish bishops 6th-century Frankish saints Year of birth unknown