Saint Éoalde
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Saint Éoalde or Saint Eoaldus is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church[1] and a former bishop of Vienne in southern France, who fl around 700AD.[2][3]
He is known only from a chronical of the mostly reliable Adon of Vienne writing a century latter. Adon attributes to him the construction of the crypt of Saint-Maurice and the change of name of the cathedral. He says he is the parent of Frankish kings
St Eoaldus (Eoalde) was of royal descent and it was he who dedicated the Cathedral of Vienne to the martyrs of the Theban Legion, who are so renowned in that part of France.
He reposed in 716. and a feast day is held in his honor on 7 July.
References
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/vien1.htm#58630 Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vienne]. GCatholic.org.
- ^ Louis Duchesne, Fastes Ãepiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule. Provinces du Sud-Est (tome premier), vol. 3, Paris, Thorin et fils, 1894, , p. 147-211.
- ^ Ulysse Chevalier, Notice chronologico-historique sur les archevêques de Vienne : d'après des documents paléographiques inédits, Vienne, 1879, 18 p.