Florus of Lodève

Florus of Lodève
Saint Florus (left) depicted next to Saint Amantius [de], Lodève Cathedral
Born	France
Died	389 AD
Feast	1 June, 4 November

Saint Florus (French: Saint Flour) (died c. 389) was the legendary first bishop of Lodève. He evangelised in Languedoc and the Auvergne, and was martyred in about 389.

His historical record is unclear. The first written references only appear in the 10th century, and the first vita was added to Bernard Gui's collection of the lives of saints Speculum sanctorale in the 14th century.^[1]

His tomb was the origin of a monastery, re-founded in the 11th century by Saint Odilo of Cluny, fifth abbot of Cluny.^[2] 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^[3] or on 4 November.^[4][2]

References

1. Marcellin Boudet, 1895: La légende de saint Florus d'après les textes les plus anciens, p. 7
2. Encyclopédie Théo, Droguet et Ardant/Fayard, June 1990 ISBN 2-7041-0336-4
3. Nominis: Saint Flour
4. Nominis: Saint Flour

Further reading

• Book of Saints, 2015: St Augustine's Abbey. Aeterna Press (online version)
• Alban Butler: Leben der Väter und Märtyrer nebst anderen vorzüglichen Heiligen, Volume 16. Müller 1825 (online version)

External links

• Diocese of Saint-Flour: Saint Flour (in French)
• Alleuze: Florus (in French)
• CatholicSaints.info: Saint Florus of Lodève