Nazarius of Lérins, St.
NAZARIUS OF LÉRINS, ST.
Abbot; b. c. 584; d. c. 629. He appears in the abbatial list as 14th abbot of lÉrins. Little is known about him. Like his predecessors at Lérins, Nazarius labored to root out the remaining vestiges of pagan worship into which the district frequently lapsed. He is said to have despoiled a sanctuary of Venus near the monastery and to have established there a convent for women that flourished until the Saracen raids of the eighth century. His name is inscribed in the Gallican calendar of saints.
Feast: Nov. 18.
Bibliography: Gallia Christiana 3:1193. p. meyer, "La Vie latine de saint Honorat et Raimon Féraut," Romania 8 (1879) 481–508. u. chevalier, Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen-age 2:3291.
[b. f. scherer]
More From encyclopedia.com
Amiens , AMIENS
City on both banks of the Somme River in north France; capital of Somme department, which comprises the present diocese, and of Picardy, which… Isidore Geoffroy Saint-hilaire , GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, ISIDORE
(b. Paris, France, 16 December 1805; d. Paris, 10 November 1861),
zoology, acclimatization, zookeeping, natural histo… Yves Saint Laurent , Saint Laurent, Yves
A direct heir of the couture tradition of Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent e… Hagiography , The name given to the branch of learning that has the saints and the worship of them for its object. Writings relating to the worship of the saints m… Charles Augustin Sainte-beuve , Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
The French literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869), who developed a very personal technique of litera… Charles Camille Saint-saens , Saint-Saëns, Camille
Camille Saint-Saëns
Composer, pianist
A piano prodigy in his youth but an estimable personage in French music as an adult, Camil…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Nazarius of Lérins, St.