Saint Domitian of Huy

Memorial

• 7 May

Profile

Priest. Bishop of Tongres (in modern Belgium). He spoke out convincingly against heretics and pagans. Opposed heretics at the Synod of Orleans in 549. Encouraged the development of writings and sermons against heresy. Worked in the Meuse Valley to convert pagans. Built churches and hospices to care for the spiritual and physical needs of the people. Well known for his generosity, his fund-raising abilities that helped ease a famine, and his work against heretics.

Born

• 6th century in Gaul

Died

• 560
• relics at Huy, Belgium

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against fever
• Huy, Liège, Belgium

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Domitian of Huy”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 May 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-domitian-of-huy/>