Eligius
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Roman Catholic bishop and saint
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Eligius, also known as Éloi de Noyon, was a male human born in Chaptelat on June 11, 588, and died in Noyon on December 1, 660. He held citizenship in Francia and was a Catholic priest, goldsmith, writer, and bishop. His work location included Tours, and he spoke Latin. He is recognized as a Catholic saint with a feast day on December 1.
He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. His name appears in the work *Good King Dagobert*. While Open Library lists an author named Eligius Dekkers with twelve works, including *Sancti Aurelii Augustini Enarrationes in Psalmos* and *Voordrachten over de heilige Gregorius de Grote met een keuze uit zijn werken*, these are distinct from the historical figure Eligius. Europeana Sparql records two works associated with the subject.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Sancti Aurelii Augustini Enarrationes in Psalmos
- Voordrachten over de heilige Gregorius de Grote met een keuze uit zijn werken
- Inleiding tot de liturgiek
- Het komen van de Heer
- Corona gratiarum
via Open Library + Wikidata
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Place of birth
- Chaptelat
- Place of death
- Noyon
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- bishop
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Der Heilige Eligius zwickt dem Teufel in die Nase (Kathedrale von Auxerre).jpg
- Work location
- Tours
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- Commons category
- Saint Eligius
- date of birth
- 0588-06-11
- date of death
- 0660-12-01
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- described by source
- Wikitólica
- feast day
- December 1
- present in work
- Good King Dagobert
- name in native language
- Éloi de Noyon
- subject has role
- bishop
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Eligius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
