See also:SAINT See also:ELOI [ELIGIus] (588-659)
, apostle of the Belgians and See also:Frisians, was See also:born at See also:Cadillac, near See also:Limoges, in 588
.
Having at an See also:early See also:age shown See also:artistic See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent he was placed by his parents with the See also:master of the See also:mint at Limoges, where he made rapid progress in See also:goldsmith's See also:work
.
He became coiner to See also:Clotaire II., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:Franks, and treasurer to his successor Dagobert
.
Both See also:kings entrusted him with important See also:works, among which were the See also:composition of the bas-reliefs which See also:ornament the See also:tomb of St Germain, See also:bishop of See also:Paris, and the See also:execution (for Clotaire) of two chairs of See also:gold, adorned with jewels, which at that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time were reckoned chefs-d'ceuvre
.
Though he was amassing See also:great See also:wealth, See also:Eloi acquired a distaste for a worldly See also:life, and resolved to become a See also:priest
.
At first he retired to a monastery, but in 64o was raised to the bishopric of See also:Noyon
.
He made frequent missionary excursions to the pagans of the See also:Low Countries, and also founded a great many monasteries and churches
.
He died on the 1st of See also:December 659
.
A See also:mass of See also:legend has gathered See also:round the life of St Eloi, who as the See also:patron See also:saint of goldsmiths is still very popular
.
His life was written by his friend and contemporary St Ouen (Audoenus) ; See also:French See also:translations of the Vita S
.
Eligii auctore Audoeno were published by L. de Montigny (Paris, 1626), by C
.
See also:Barthelemy in Etudes hist., lit', et See also:art
.
(it)
.
1847), and by Parenty, with notes (2nd ed., ib
.
1870)
.
For bibliography see See also:Potthast, Bibliotheca hist. med. aevi (See also:Berlin, 1896), s.v
.
" Vita S
.
Eligii Noviomensis," and Ulysse See also:Chevalier, See also:Rep. See also:des See also:sources hist., Bio-bibl
.
(Paris, 1894), s
.
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