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ELOI [ELIGIus], SAINT (588-659)

This article appears in Volume V09, Page 298 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ELOI [ELIGIus], SAINT (588-659) , apostle of the Belgians and Frisians, was born at Cadillac, near
Limoges
 , in 588. Having at an early age shown artistic talent he was placed by his parents with the master of the mint at
Limoges
 , where he made rapid progress in goldsmith's
work
 . He became coiner to Clotaire II., king of the
Franks
 , and treasurer to his successor Dagobert. Both kings entrusted him with important works, among which were the composition of the bas-reliefs which
ornament
  the tomb of St Germain,
bishop
  of Paris, and the execution (for Clotaire) of two chairs of gold, adorned with jewels, which at that time were reckoned chefs-d'ceuvre. Though he was amassing
great
  wealth,
Eloi
  acquired a distaste for a worldly life, and resolved to become a priest. At first he retired to a monastery, but in 64o was raised to the bishopric of Noyon. He made frequent missionary excursions to the pagans of the Low Countries, and also founded a
great
  many monasteries and churches. He died on the 1st of December 659. A mass of legend has gathered round the life of St
Eloi
 , who as the patron saint of goldsmiths is still very popular.
His life was written by his friend and contemporary St Ouen (Audoenus) ; French translations of the Vita S. Eligii auctore Audoeno were published by L. de Montigny (Paris, 1626), by C.
Barthelemy
  in Etudes hist., lit', et art. (it). 1847), and by Parenty, with notes (2nd ed., ib. 1870). For bibliography see Potthast, Bibliotheca hist. med. aevi (Berlin, 1896), s.v. " Vita S. Eligii Noviomensis," and Ulysse Chevalier, Rep. des sources hist., Bio-bibl. (Paris, 1894), s. " Eloi."


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