Deodatus of Nevers explained

Saint Deodatus of Nevers
Death Date:679 AD
Feast Day:June 19
Venerated In:Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Birth Place:possibly Ireland
Canonized Date:1049
Canonized By:Pope Leo IX
Attributes:depicted with hand stretching to thunder clouds[1] [2]
Patronage:invoked for rain, and against thunderstorm, evil spirits, and plague

Deodatus (Dié, Didier, Dieudonné, Déodat, Adéodat) of Nevers (d. June 19, ca. 679 AD) was a bishop of Nevers from 655.

Exploits

Deodatus was born about 590 to an illustrious family of western France. In 655 Deodatus was appointed bishop of Nevers. He attended the Council of Sens in 657.[3]

In 664 he resigned his see, having recommended to his clergy the choice of a successor. He made the acquaintance of Saints Arbogast and Florentius and walked the mountain passes to the Forest of Haguenau where he led an eremitical life.[3] He baptized the son of Saint Hunna (Una), who was also named Deodatus and who is also venerated as a saint. Hunna's son became a monk at Ebersheim.

Later he retired deeper into the Vosges. Hun, lord of the Val de Galilee, bestowed on him some territory, which donation was confirmed by King Childeric II.There he established the monastery Juncturae (Jointures). He placed Jointures under the Rule of Saint Columban (later changed to that of Saint Benedict).[4]

Tradition states that he died in the arms of Saint Hidulphus, bishop of Treves.[3]

Veneration

The town of Saint-Dié grew up around the monastery of Jointures. However, some sources connect the name with an earlier saint, Deodatus of Blois (d. 525).[5]

He is invoked as the patron saint for rain, and against thunderstorms, evil spirits, and plague.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=UZGQWr97WmIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Frederick+Charles+Husenbeth&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi42rG4upuGAxVNEVkFHQxNCJk4ChDoAXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=David&f=false Husenbeth, Frederick Charles. Emblems of Saints: By which They are Distinguished in Works of Art, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860, p. 45
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=8pBDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34&dq=Saint+Deodatus+of+Nevers&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis1ZKJuIeHAxW7FlkFHZxgAvQQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=Saint%20Deodatus%20of%20Nevers&f=false Drake, Maurice and Drake, Wilfred. Saints and Their Emblems, T. W. Laurie Limited, 1916, p. 34
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=b-sCAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA739&dq=Saint+Deodatus+of+Nevers&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis1ZKJuIeHAxW7FlkFHZxgAvQQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=Saint%20Deodatus%20of%20Nevers&f=false O'Hanlon, John. Lives of the Irish saints, Vol. 6, 1873, p. 739
  4. https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/lives-of-the-saints/volume-vi-june/st-die-or-deodatus-bishop-of-nevers-and-abbot-of-jointures/ Butler, Alban. The Lives of the Saints. Vol. VI: June. 1866
  5. Web site: Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of April 24 . 2012-02-22 . 2007-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070206174334/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0424.shtml#deod . dead .
  6. https://cnewsliveenglish.com/news/24164/st-deodatus-of-nevers "Saint Deodatus of Nevers", Cnews Live, June 18, 2023