Desiderius of Cahors

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Desiderius von Cahors (* around 590 in Obrege , † November 15, 655 in Wistrilingo near Albi ) was Bishop of Cahors . He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church (feast day November 15).

Desiderius was born in Obrege in the southern part of Aquitaine . He came from a wealthy family. His father Salvius came from Albi (Bishop Salvius von Albi, attested from 574 to 584, is likely to be a grandfather of Desiderius). With his brothers Rusticus (later Bishop of Cahors) and Syagrius (later Count of Albi) he was educated at the court of the Frankish King Chlothar II . He held the office of the Treasurer (Thesaurarius), which he also under King I. Scrooge kept. After the inhabitants of Cahors killed his brother Rusticus in 630, he was ordained Bishop of Cahors. He founded the St. Amant monastery near Cahors, which was later named St-Géry after its founder. After his death, he was buried in the monastery he had founded, and his bones were later transferred to the Cathedral of Cahors .

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Desiderius has received a collection of 15 letters from him and 21 letters addressed to him.

  • Desiderii episcopi Cadurcensis epistulae . Cura et studio W. Arndt, in: Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina 117 (Turnhout, Brepols 1957), pp. 309-342

A biography was written around 800 by a monk from the St-Géry monastery.

  • Vita Desiderii, Cadurcae urbis episcopi . In: Bruno Krusch (ed.): Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum 4: Passiones vitaeque sanctorum aevi Merovingici (II). Hannover 1902, pp. 547-602 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version ), reprinted. in: Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina 117 (Turnhout, Brepols 1957), pp. 343-401

literature

  • Ralph Mathisen: Desiderius of Cahors: Last of the Romans. In: Steffen Diefenbach, Gernot Michael Müller (Hrsg.): Gaul in late antiquity and early middle ages. Cultural history of a region. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, pp. 455–469.
  • Raphael Schwitter: Letters, Education and Identities in Merovingian Gaul - On the corpus of Desiderius von Cahors . In: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christianentum , vol. 56/57 (2013/2014), pp. 86–100.

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predecessor Office successor
Rusticus Bishop of Cahors
636–655 		Beto
personal data
SURNAME Desiderius of Cahors
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Cahors
DATE OF BIRTH around 590
PLACE OF BIRTH Obrege
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 655
Place of death Cahors