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SAINT ELOI [ELIGIus] (588-659)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 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 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 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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