Saint Domitian of Huy

Memorial
7 May
Profile
Priest. Bishop of Tongres. Spoke out convincingly against heretics and pagans. Spoke against 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
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