Saint Eoaldus or Eoldus (french: Éoalde; died around 716) was

bishop of Vienne The Archbishopric of Vienne, named after its episcopal seat in Vienne in the Isère département of southern France, was a metropolitan Roman Catholic archdiocese. It is now part of the Archdiocese of Lyon. History The legend according to whi ...

in the very late 7th century and the early 8th century,Louis Duchesne, ''Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule. Provinces du Sud-Est (tome premier)'', vol. 3, Paris, Thorin et fils, 1894, pp. 9, 147–211
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and is considered a pre-congregational saint in the Catholic church.CatholicSaints.info -Saint Eoaldus
/ref> Eoaldus is mentioned in the will of the abbot Ephibius in 696, which left lands to the church in Vienne, and in a confirmation of

Childebert III Childebert III (or IV), called the Just (french: le Juste) (c.678/679 – 23 April 711), was the son of Theuderic III and Clotilda (or Doda) and sole king of the Franks (694–711). He was seemingly but a puppet of the mayor of the palace, P ...

in 697. He was a relation of the Frankish royal family. He was responsible for beginning the construction of a new cathedral in Vienne (replaced in the 11th century) and for its dedication to

Saint Maurice Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius; ) was an Egyptians, Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Roman Empire, Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favorite and most widely venerated saints of that Ma ...

and the

Theban Legion The Theban Legion (also known as the Martyrs of Agaunum) figures in Christian hagiography as a Roman legion from Egypt—"six thousand six hundred and sixty-six men"—who converted en masse to Christianity and were martyred together in 286, acc ...

.Jean-Baptiste Drouet de Maupertuy, ''L'Histoire de la sainte Eglise de Vienne'', Lyon, Jean Certe, 1708, pp. 88–89
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/ref> His feast day is celebrated on 7 July.

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