Saint Eligius

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Christian saint Frankish bishop goldsmith royal advisor

Saint Eligius was a 7th-century Frankish goldsmith, royal advisor, and bishop renowned as the patron saint of metalworkers, craftsmen, and horses.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
St. Eligius 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
Frankish bishop ⓘ
goldsmith ⓘ
royal advisor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Saint Eloy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Éloi NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Frankish court ⓘ
Merovingian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Limoges ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 7th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer King Clotaire II of the Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Dagobert I of the Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ
feastDay 1 December ⓘ
givenName Eligius NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor charity to the poor ⓘ
exceptional honesty in using gold entrusted to him ⓘ
missionary work in Flanders ⓘ
notableWork crafted royal coinage for the Merovingian court ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
goldsmith ⓘ
royal counselor ⓘ
patronage blacksmiths ⓘ
craftsmen ⓘ
farriers ⓘ
goldsmiths ⓘ
horses ⓘ
jewelers ⓘ
metal traders ⓘ
metalworkers ⓘ
veterinarians ⓘ
patronageRegion Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBishopric Noyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tournai NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Noyon ⓘ
Bishop of Tournai NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity ⓘ
symbol anvil ⓘ
bishop’s crozier ⓘ
hammer ⓘ
horseshoe ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint-Éloi church → namedAfter → Saint Eligius ⓘ
subject surface form: Saint-Éloi church (Dunkirk)
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers → patronSaint → Saint Eligius ⓘ
Dr. Jack Morrison in St. Elsewhere → worksInFictionalHospital → Saint Eligius ⓘ
subject surface form: Dr. Jack Morrison
this entity surface form: St. Eligius