Saint Theuderius (or Theuderis, Theudar, Theodore, Cherf, Chef, ; died ) was a Christian monk, abbot and hermit. His feast day is 29 October.

Life

Saint Theuderius was born in the 6th century in Arcisse, near the modern commune of

Saint-Chef Saint-Chef () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The commune is named after Saint Chef, who was born in the nearby hamlet of Arcisse. Climate Saint-Chef has a semi-continental climate characterized by generally hi ...

, in

Dauphiné The Dauphiné ( , , ; or ; or ), formerly known in English as Dauphiny, is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was ...

, France. He wanted to enter

Lérins Abbey Lérins Abbey () is a Cistercian monastery on the island of Saint-Honorat, one of the Lérins Islands, on the French Riviera, with an active monastic community. There has been a monastic community there since the 5th century. The constructio ...

on the

French Riviera The French Riviera, known in French as the (; , ; ), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is considered to be the coastal area of the Alpes-Maritimes department, extending fr ...

as a monk but Saint

Caesarius of Arles Caesarius of Arles (; 468/470 27 August 542 AD), sometimes called "of Chalon" (''Cabillonensis'' or ''Cabellinensis'') from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône, was the foremost ecclesiastic of his generation in Christianity in Merovingian Gaul, Mer ...

ordained him as a priest. He returned to

Vienne Vienne may refer to: Places *Vienne (department), a department of France named after the river Vienne *Vienne, Isère, a city in the French department of Isère * Vienne-en-Arthies, a village in the French department of Val-d'Oise * Vienne-en-Bessi ...

where a group of disciples gathered round him, and he established at least one monastery for them. He spent the last twelve years of his life in a walled up cell in the Church of Saint Lawrence, Vienne, where he died around 575. He was known as a miracle worker.

Legacy

Saint Theudère is celebrated in the Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne on 29 October. The commune of

was called Saint-Theudère by the church of Vienne in the earliest days of Christianity. The village may be called Saint-Chef today because of a tradition that the head (''caput'', ''chef'') of the saint was kept there. Another tradition indicates that the head was that of Saint Thibaud, archbishop of Vienne in the tenth century.

Monks of Ramsgate account

The monks of

St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate St Augustine's Abbey or Ramsgate Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ramsgate. It was built in 1860 by Augustus Pugin and is a Grade II listed building. It was the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation. In ...

, wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921),

Butler's account

The hagiographer

Alban Butler Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiography, hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douai, Douay, France where he later taught philosophy and theology. He s ...

( 1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'', under October 29,

Longueval's account

Jacques Longueval (1680–1735) wrote in his ''Histoire de l'église gallicane'',

Notes

Sources

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