Saint Theuderius (or Theuderis, Theudar, Theodore, Cherf, Chef, french: Theudère de Vienne; died ) was a Christian monk, abbot and hermit.
His feast day is 29 October.
Life
Saint Theuderius was born in the 6th century in Arcisse, near the modern commune of
Saint-Chef
Saint-Chef () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
The commune is named after Saint Chef, who was born in the nearby hamlet of Arcisse.
climate
Saint-Chef has a semi-continental climate characterized by generally highe ...
Lérins Abbey
Lérins Abbey () is a Cistercian monastery on the island of Saint-Honorat, one of the Lérins Islands, on the French Riviera, with an active monastic community.
There has been a monastic community there since the 5th century. The construction ...
on the
French Riviera
The French Riviera (known in French as the ; oc, Còsta d'Azur ; literal translation " Azure Coast") is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend fro ...
as a monk but Saint Caesarius of Arles ordained him as a priest.
He returned to
Vienne
Vienne (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Viéne'') is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It takes its name from the river Vienne. It had a population of 438,435 in 2019.
Saint Theudère is celebrated in the
Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges (Latin: ''Diocesis Gratianopolitana–Viennensis Allobrogum''; French: ''Diocèse de Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church i ...
on 29 October.
The commune of
Saint-Chef
Saint-Chef () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
The commune is named after Saint Chef, who was born in the nearby hamlet of Arcisse.
climate
Saint-Chef has a semi-continental climate characterized by generally highe ...
was called Saint-Theudère by the church of Vienne in the earliest days of Christianity.
The village may be called Saint-Chef today because of a tradition that the head (''caput'', ''chef'') of the saint was kept there.
Another tradition indicates that the head was that of Saint Thibaud, archbishop of Vienne in the tenth century.
The hagiographer Alban Butler ( 1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'', under October 29,
Longueval's account
Jacques Longueval
Jacques Longueval (18 March 1680 – 14 January 1735) was a French Jesuit priest, theologian, scholar and historian of the Catholic Church in France.
Biography
Jacques Longueval was born on 18 March 1680 in Péronne, France.
He entered the Je ...
(1680–1735) wrote in his ''Histoire de l'église gallicane'',