Saint Eleutherius of Tournai

Also known as

• Eleuthere of Tournai

Memorial

• 20 February

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Evangelized the Franks. Bishop of Tournai, Belgium. Fought Arianism. Martyr.

Born

• 456 at Tournai, western Belgium

Died

• murdered by Arian heretics in 532 while leaving his church in Tournai, western Belgium
• relics re-discovered in 897 in Blandain, Belgium
• relics transferred to Tournai in the mid-11th century
• relics re-enshrined in the cathedral at Tournai in the mid-13th century

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Cathedral of Tournai: story of the reliquary
• Cathedral of Tournai: photo of the reliquary
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Eleutherius of Tournai“. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 February 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>