Veranus of Cavaillon
Veranus of Cavaillon (French: Saint-Vrain or Saint-Vérand ; * around 520 in Gevaudan , † around 590 in Cavaillon ) had been bishop of Cavaillon since 585 . In France he is in some places the patron saint of shepherds and shepherds .
Vita
Gregory of Tours (538-594) mentions some of Veranus 'miracles - he chased away the dragon Couloubre , who lived in a cave in the Vaucluse area and devoured the farmers' sheep; he is also said to be driving devils. In Fontaine-de-Vaucluse he founded a hermitage near the famous spring. He was ordained bishop in 585 and attended the Synod of Mâcon .
Adoration
A church was built over the bishop's grave in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, but it was destroyed at the end of the 10th century; In today's church there is a simple sarcophagus of the saint. Around the year 1000, a large part of the relics came to Jargeau near Orléans , where a church was consecrated to him, which was later renamed Saint-Étienne . Some of the relics also came to Albenga in Liguria ; In the cathedral there is a glass coffin with a reclining figure of the saint. Only a few churches in Brittany and the Marne region as well as several parishes in France are named after the saint:
- Saint-Vrain (Essonne)
- Saint-Vrain (Marne)
- Saint-Véran (Hautes-Alpes)
- Saint-Vérand (Rhône)
- Saint-Vérand (Isère)
- Saint-Vérand (Saône-et-Loire)
presentation
Medieval representations of the saint are unknown; In the few modern depictions he is mostly depicted in the bishop's robe and with a bishop's staff, but there is also a depiction as a hermit.
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| SURNAME | Veranus of Cavaillon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vrain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gevaudan |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 590 |
| Place of death | Cavaillon |