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Clovis I
first king of the Franks (c. 466-511)
Gregory of Tours
Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours
Genevieve of Paris
Genevieve (; ; and Genofeva; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the two patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is on 3 January.
Guntram
Saint Gontrand ( 532 in Soissons – 28 March 592 in Chalon-sur-Saône), also called Gontran, Gontram, Guntram, Gunthram, Gunthchramn, and Guntramnus, was the king of the Kingdom of Orléans from AD 561 to AD 592. He was the third-eldest and second-eldest-surviving son of Chlothar I and Ingunda. On his father's death in 561, he became king of a fourth of the Kingdom of the Franks, and made his capital at Orléans. The name "Gontrand" denotes "War Raven".
Clotilde
Clotilde ( 474 – 3 June 545 in Burgundy, France) (also known as Clotilda (Fr.), Chlothilde (Ger.) Chlothieldis, Chlotichilda, Clodechildis, Croctild, Crote-hild, Hlotild, Rhotild, and many other forms) is a saint and was a Queen of the Franks.
Radegund
Radegund (; also spelled Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, Cambridge (whose full name is "The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge").
Saint Remigius
French archbishop and saint
Medardus
Medardus or Medard (French: Médard or Méard) (ca. 456–545) was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in northern France. Medardus was one of the most honored bishops of his time, often depicted laughing, with his mouth wide open, and therefore he was invoked against toothache.
Clodoald
Clodoald (; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdōwald; 522 – ), better known as Saint Cloud (), was a Merovingian prince, grandson of Clovis I and son of Chlodomer, who preferred to renounce royalty and became a hermit and monk. Clodoald found a hill along the Seine, two leagues below Paris, in a place called Novigentum (the present commune of Saint-Cloud). Here, among the fishermen and farmers, he led a life of solitude and prayer, and built a church, which he dedicated in honor of Martin of Tours.
Marius Aventicensis
Saint, bishop of Avenches (then Lausanne)
Leonard of Noblac
Frankish saint
Germain of Paris
Bishop of Paris
Albinus of Angers
French abbot and bishop
Helier
Helier (died 555) was a 6th-century ascetic hermit. He is the patron saint of Jersey in the Channel Islands, and in particular of the town and parish of Saint Helier, the island's capital. He is also invoked as a healing saint for diseases of the skin and eyes.
Vedast
Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast (in Flemish, Norman and Picard) or Saint Waast (also in Picard and Walloon), Saint Gaston in French, and Foster in English (died ) was an early bishop in the Frankish realm. After the victory of Tolbiac Vedast helped instruct the Frankish king Clovis in the Christian faith of his wife, Queen Clotilde.
Saint Marcouf
thumb|Marcouf giving the cure to the king. Marculf (in French Marcoult, Marcouf, Marcoul or Marcou) (d. 558) was the abbot at Nantus in the Cotentin. He is regarded as a saint and is associated with the healing of scrofula.
Nicetius
Saint Nicetius () (c. 525 - c. 566) was a bishop of Trier, born in the latter part of the sixth century, exact date unknown; died in 563 or more probably 566.
Ferréol of Uzès
Bishop of Uzes
Padarn
Padarn (; ; ; ? – 550 AD) was an early 6th century British Christian abbot-bishop who founded Saint Padarn's Church in Ceredigion, Wales. He appears to be the same individual as the first bishop of Braga and Saint Paternus of Avranches in Normandy. Padarn built a monastery in Vannes and is considered one of the seven founding saints of Brittany. His early vita is one of five insular and two Breton saints' lives that mention King Arthur independently of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.
Trojanus of Saintes
Frankish bishop of Saintes (6th century)
Honoratus of Amiens
bishop of Amiens
Prætextatus
Bishop of Rouen
Aredius
Aredius, also and (25 August 591, at Saint-Yrieix in the Haute-Vienne), was chancellor to Theudebert I, king of Austrasia, and later Abbot of Attane (or Atane, ). He founded the monastery of Attane, which was renamed after his death Saint-Yrieix in his honour. The town at the site became known as Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Several other French are also called Saint-Yrieix after him.
Nicetius of Lyon
Bishop of Lyon
Veranus of Cavaillon
Bishop of Cavaillon and saint
Aurelianus of Arles
French saint and archbishop
Salvius
bishop of Albi in Francia between 574 and 584
Eleutherius of Tournai
Frankish bishop (456-532)
Laud of Coutances
Roman Catholic bishop and saint
Hospitius
Hospitius (in French, Hospice and anciently Sospis; died 21 May 581) was a French recluse who, according to tradition, had been a monk in his native Egypt towards the beginning of the 6th century. He immigrated to Gaul and retired to a dilapidated tower, situated on the peninsula of Cap Ferrat, a few miles east of Nice.
Leobinus
Saint Leobinus () (died 14 March 557) was a hermit, abbot, and bishop. Born in a peasant family, he became a hermit and a monk of Micy Abbey before being ordained a priest. He was then elected abbot of Brou and in 544, became Bishop of Chartres, succeeding Etherius with the consent of king Childebert I.
Saint Gildard
bishop of Rouen
Euphronius
Eufronius or Euphronius was the eighth Bishop of Tours; he served from 555 to 573, and was a near relative of Gregory of Tours.
Saint Lycerius
thumb|Saint Lycerius (middle) with Saint Roch and [[Saint Sebastian (holy card, 15th century).]]
Sacerdos of Lyon
French saint and bishop of Lyon
Gall of Clermont
bishop of Clermont
Quintian of Rodez
African bishop-saint
Saint Vigor
French bishop and saint
Monegundis
Monegundis (also Monegund, Mongon, Molmadund, died 570 AD) was a Frankish hermit and saint. She has been called "a holy recluse". She married and had two daughters, who both died in childhood. Deeply depressed and overcome with grief, she left her husband and became an anchorite in a small cell, living off bread and water. Her fame grew as she performed miracles and became "a leader of a local community of worshippers and attracted those who needed assistance through her gifts of physical healing". She moved to Tours "with her husband's permission", near the shrine and basilica of St. Martin o
Thierry du Mont d'Hor
abbot of Saint-Thierry Abbey
Agericus
bishop of Verdun
Ebrulf
Ebrulf (Evroul, Evroult, Ebrulfus, Ebrulphus) (517–596) was a Frankish hermit, abbot, and saint.
Carileph of Anille
Carilef (French Calais, Latin Calevisus; died 541) was a hermit who founded the monastery of Aniole. The town of Saint-Calais takes its name from him. According to his ancient biography, the Vita Carileffi, King Childebert I granted him lands after encountering the hermit in a forest where the king was hunting. Laumer was his successor and Siviard, another successor, wrote the Vita.
Desideratus
Desideratus (died 550) was a French saint from Soissons in the Christian church.
Liphardus
Saint Liphardus (or Lifard, Lifardo, Lifardus, Lifart, Lifhard, Lifhart, Liphard, Liphart, Lyphard) was a 6th-century lawyer, hermit and abbot in Meung-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. His feast day is 3 June.
Saint Ame
Benedictine monk
Aper of Toul
bishop of Toul
Germerius
Saint Germerius () (ca. 480- ca. 560 AD) was bishop of Toulouse from 510 to 560 AD. There is some question as to whether he actually existed. He is the patron saint of the abbey of Lézat.
Theorodus of Marseille
Agilus
Saint Agilus (or Agilo, Ayeul, Aisle, Ail, Aile; c. 580–650) was a Frankish nobleman who became a Christian missionary in Bavaria and later was abbot of Rebais monastery near Paris, France. He was considered a saint, and his feast day is 30 August.
Ursus of Auxerre
Bishop of Auxerre
Saint Cybard
6th-century monk and hermit who inhabited a cave beneath the walls of Angoulême for forty-four years
Doda of Reims
509-520
Saint Lie
French saint
Genebaldo
Saint Genebald (Genebaldus, Genebandus) () (died 550 AD) was a Frankish bishop of Laon. He was a contemporary of Saint Remigius, bishop of Rheims, and according to The Golden Legend, was married to Remigius' niece.
Aspasius of Auch
Merovingian bishop and saint
Syagrius of Autun
6th-century Merovingian saint and bishop
Dalmatius of Rodez
bishop of Rodez
Mesmin
Mesmin (Maximin, Maximinus) (died AD) is a French saint associated with the Bishopric of Orléans. He was the second abbot of Micy Abbey, founded by his uncle, Euspicius.
Patrocle de Bourges
Merovingian ascetic