Volusian (French: Volusien) (Latin: Volusianus) was the seventh Bishop of Tours, from 491 to 498. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

Biography

Volusian came from a rich and pious senatorial family, and was a close relative of his predecessor Perpetuus, as well as of Ruricius of Limoges. He was deprived of his see by the Visigoths, exiled to Toulouse, and perhaps martyred.[1]

His feast day is January 18. He is the patron saint of Foix.

Notes

  1.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goyau, Georges (1912). "Archdiocese of Tours". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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