Saint Florus (french: Saint Flour) (died 389) was the legendary first bishop of Lodève. He evangelised in

Languedoc The Province of Languedoc (; , ; oc, Lengadòc ) is a former province of France. Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximatel ...

and the

Auvergne Auvergne (; ; oc, label= Occitan, Auvèrnhe or ) is a former administrative region in central France, comprising the four departments of Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Auve ...

, and was martyred in about 389. His historicity is dubious. The first written references only appear in the 10th century, and the first ''vita'' was added to

Bernard Gui Bernard Gui (), also known as Bernardo Gui or Bernardus Guidonis (c. 1261/62 – 30 December 1331), was a Dominican friar, Bishop of Lodève, and a papal inquisitor during the later stages of the Medieval Inquisition. Due to his fictional ...

's collection of the lives of saints ''Speculum sanctorale'' in the 14th century. His tomb was the origin of a monastery, re-founded in the 11th century by Saint Odilo of Cluny, fifth abbot of Cluny.''Encyclopédie Théo'', Droguet et Ardant/Fayard, June 1990 Around this abbey there grew the town of Saint-Flour, later the seat of the diocese of the same name, of which Florus is the patron saint. His feast is kept either on 1 June or on 4 November.Nominis: Saint Flour
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Diocese of Saint-Flour: Saint Flour

CatholicSaints.info: Saint Florus of Lodève
389 deaths 4th-century Christian saints Gallo-Roman saints 4th-century bishops in Gaul Legendary French people {{France-RC-bishop-stub

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