mercredi 18 janvier 2023

Saint VOLUSIEN de TOURS, évêque

 

Martyre de Volusien sur un chapiteau roman du xiie siècle (musée du château de Foix, Ariège).

Martirio di San Volusiano di Tours in un capitello romanico del XII secolo. Museo del Castello di Foix (Ariège).


Saint Volusien

Évêque de Tours (+ v. 498)

Sénateur de Tours, il avait épousé une femme difficile envers qui il usa de beaucoup de patience. Élu évêque de la cité de saint Martin, il fut fait prisonnier par les Goths, alors adeptes de l'arianisme, et fut exilé près de Toulouse.

Évêque de Tours, il était originaire de l'Auvergne. Nous ignorons les circonstances qui le firent venir sur les bords de la Loire, mais sa présence avait été remarquée par les tourangeaux qui le choisirent pour évêque en 491. Comprenant que la conversion récente de Clovis à l'Église catholique était redoutable pour son autorité dans son royaume, Alaric, roi des Goths, très attaché à l'arianisme et dont l'autorité s'étendait sur la Touraine, fit exiler saint Volusien à Toulouse. Chassés par les troupes victorieuses de Clovis, les Goths se replièrent sur l'Espagne, emmenant avec eux saint Volusien. Aux environs de Pamiers, dans l'Ariège, ils s'en débarrassèrent en lui tranchant la tête.

"Volusien naquit chez les Arvernes, en Gaule, d'une famille sénatoriale. Homme d'une grande sainteté et piété, il était riche. Doté de vertus et de dons spirituels, il fut le septième évêque de Tours et succéda à saint Perpet, son proche parent. Il dépensait avec grande charité toutes ses ressources pour le bien de l'Église et la nourriture des pauvres.

À cette époque-là, les Goths étaient partout en Aquitaine et jusqu'aux contrées de la Loire. Leurs mœurs barbares et l'hérésie arienne à laquelle ils appartenaient, troublaient la paix et la tranquillité.

Malgré les exigences des Goths, le saint homme ne cessa pas un instant de s'opposer à leur impiété et inlassablement écarta les ouailles de son troupeau des pâturages infectés d'hérésie, à tel point qu'il fut exilé à Toulouse, alors capitale d'Alaric, roi des Goths.

Après la victoire de Clovis, roi des Francs, près de Poitiers, qui tua Alaric de ses propres mains et poursuivit les Goths jusqu'à Toulouse, saint Volusien, qui souffrait beaucoup, fut emmené par les Goths vers l'Espagne.

Le saint homme, en chemin, n'hésitait pas à leur reprocher leur impiété ce qui lui valut la noble couronne de martyre. Cela se passait dans le pays de Foix, en un lieu encore appelé 'Couronne' et, plus tard, Castrum de Saint Volusien, en l'an 507. Son corps, retrouvé sur sa propre révélation, fut miraculeusement transporté par les habitants jusqu'à Foix où ils le déposèrent dans la basilique des saints Nazaire et Celse. Volusien devint le patron de cette église. Beaucoup de miracles furent opérés sur le tombeau du martyr. En 1111, son corps fut transféré de l'ancienne à la nouvelle basilique, consacrée au martyr." (diocèse de Pamiers)

Saint Volusien évêque 494-498. (historique - diocèse de Tours)

- vidéo: L'abbatiale Saint Volusien de Foix (webTV de la CEF)

Près de Foix en Gaule Narbonnaise, vers 498, le trépas de saint Volusien, évêque de Tours, chassé par les Goths et mort en exil.

Martyrologe romain

SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/5258/Saint-Volusien.html


Chapiteau historié, scène de bataille évoquant la légende de Saint Volusien, évêque de Tours. Pierre calcaire sculptée, Fin du XIIe siècle. Inv. 989-1-77. Musée départemental de l'Ariège.

Chapiteau historié, scène de bataille évoquant la légende de Saint Volusien, évêque de Tours. Pierre calcaire sculptée, Fin du XIIe siècle. Inv. 989-1-77. Musée départemental de l'Ariège.


Saint Volusian of Tours

Also known as

Volusianus

Memorial

18 January

Profile

As a layman, he suffered through years of a terrible marriage. Imperial Roman senator at ToursFranceBishop of Tours in 488Exiled to Spain in 496 by Arian Visigoths. May have been martyred, but records are unclear.

Died

>18 January 496 at ToulouseFrance

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate

Roman Martyrology1914 edition

Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books

Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english

Catholic Online

sitios en español

Martirologio Romano2001 edición

fonti in italiano

Cathopedia

Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Saint Volusian of Tours“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 May 2022. Web. 16 January 2023. <https://catholicsaints.info/saint-volusian-of-tours/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-volusian-of-tours/

Book of Saints – Volusian

Article

(SaintBishop (January 18) (5th century) An Archbishop of Tours who was cast into a dungeon by the Arian Visi-Goths, and died a prisoner at Toulouse, about A.D. 500, in the seventh year of his Episcopate.

MLA Citation

Monks of Ramsgate. “Volusian”. Book of Saints1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 December 2016. Web. 16 January 2023. <https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-volusian/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-volusian/

Saints of the Day – Volusian of Tours, Bishop, Martyr

Article

Died in Toulouse, France, 496. Saint Volusian was a senator of Tours, France, who suffered the trials of a very bad-tempered wife. He was chosen as bishop of Tours and shortly thereafter driven from his see by the Arian Visigoths. The temper of the bishop’s wife was so evil that Bishop Ruricius of Limoges advised Volusian to fear her more than the Goths. He died in exile – perhaps a martyr’s death (Attwater2, Benedictines, Coulson).

MLA Citation

Katherine I Rabenstein. Saints of the Day1998. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 September 2021. Web. 16 January 2023. <https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-volusian-of-tours-bishop-martyr/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-volusian-of-tours-bishop-martyr/

Book of Saints – Volusian

Article

(SaintBishop (January 18) (5th century) An Archbishop of Tours who was cast into a dungeon by the Arian Visi-Goths, and died a prisoner at Toulouse, about A.D. 500, in the seventh year of his Episcopate.

MLA Citation

Monks of Ramsgate. “Volusian”. Book of Saints1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 December 2016. Web. 18 January 2023. <https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-volusian/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-volusian/

Saints of the Day – Volusian of Tours, Bishop, Martyr

Article

Died in Toulouse, France, 496. Saint Volusian was a senator of Tours, France, who suffered the trials of a very bad-tempered wife. He was chosen as bishop of Tours and shortly thereafter driven from his see by the Arian Visigoths. The temper of the bishop’s wife was so evil that Bishop Ruricius of Limoges advised Volusian to fear her more than the Goths. He died in exile – perhaps a martyr’s death (Attwater2, Benedictines, Coulson).

MLA Citation

Katherine I Rabenstein. Saints of the Day1998. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 September 2021. Web. 18 January 2023. <https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-volusian-of-tours-bishop-martyr/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-volusian-of-tours-bishop-martyr/


Stèle racontant la légende de Saint Volusien. Pierre calcaire, XVIe - XVIIe siècle. Inv. 989-1-83, Musée départemental de l'Ariège.


St. Volusian of Tours

January 18, 2010

St. Volusian was born into a very wealthy family and was actually related to St. Perpetuus his predecessor as Bishops at Tours, presumably with Ruricius of Limoges. Only a little has been said about the time of his election as Bishop of Tours. Named bishop of the city in 488, he was forced to leave the see in 496 by the Arian Visigoths, and went to Spain. He died perhaps in Toulouse, or in Spain, possibly as a martyr. Very little is known about St. Volusian and I wasn't able to find a picture but here's one of the Cathedral in Tours

PRAYER

Lord may we venerate and apply the life of St. Volusian your humble servant of Tours, into our daily lives.

That we may be humble of heart and Strong in our proclamation of the Gospel of Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit forever and ever.

AMEN.

SOURCE : https://aesaintsoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/01/st-volusian-of-tours.html?m=1

VOLUSIANUS OF TOURS, ST.

Eighth bishop of Tours; d. Toulouse, France, c. 498. Of senatorial rank, married and related to his two predecessors, perpetuus and Eustochius, he occupied the see from 488 to 496. A letter to him from Ruricius, Bishop of Limoges, makes reference to his bad-tempered wife, and Gregory of Tours reported that, suspected of sympathy for the Franks, Volusianus was exiled to Toulouse by the Visigoths and died there, possibly martyred by decapitation. His relics were brought to Foix, where a celebrated Augustinian church was erected in his honor.

Feast: Jan. 18.

Bibliography: Acta Sanctorum Jan. 2:558–559. Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks, ed. and tr. O. M. Dalton, 2 v. (Oxford 1927) 2:65, 473. L. Duchesne, Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule, 3 v. (2d ed. Paris 1907–15) 2:301–304. A. Butler, The Lives of the Saints, rev. ed. H. Thurston and D. Attwater, 4v. (New York 1956) 1: 116. P. De la Coudre, La Vie de St. Volusien (2d ed. Foix 1893). A. Mercati and A. Pelzer, Dizionario ecclesiastico, 3 v. (Turin 1954–58) 3:1358.

[L. M. Coffey]

New Catholic Encyclopedia

SOURCE : https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/volusianus-tours-st

Église Saint-Volusien de Foix, dans l'Ariège (France)


St. Volusian

Volusian was bishop of Tours, in France, the see made famous by St. Martin two centuries earlier. He lived at a time before clerical celibacy had been enforced in the West and was married to a woman famous for her violent temper, which was a great trial to the bishop. He also lived in a time when the barbarian invasions had begun and the fear of the Goths was everywhere.

In writing to a friend of his, a certain Bishop Ruricius, of nearby Limoges, St. Volusian expressed his fear of the Goths who were beginning to terrorize his diocese. Ruricius humorously replied that someone who lived with terror inside his house, meaning his wife, should have no fear of terrors from the outside.

Volusian was of senatorial rank, very wealthy, a relative of the bishop who preceded him, St. Perpetuus, and he lived in the days when Clovis was king of the Franks, the avowed enemy of the Goths.

As the Goths began to overrun Volusian's diocese, they suspected him of sympathies with Clovis and of wanting to subject them to the Franks, so Volusian was driven from his see and sent into exile.

He held the office of bishop in a very difficult time, when the whole of Western Europe was in turmoil, in the wake of the barbarian invasions from the East. Cities were sacked, government disrupted, and bishops were the only agents of stability as civil government collapsed. Gregory of Tours, who succeeded Volusian as bishop of Tours a century later, describes the turmoil of the times, and it is from his writings that we get our knowledge of Volusian.

We have no further information about Volusian's wife or his family, and we are not sure whether he died in southern France or in Spain. It is simply known that he was driven from his see, went into exile, and died after ruling as bishop for seven years.

Thought for the Day: Most of us live in very stable times, and it is difficult to imagine what it would be like if our country were invaded and national and state government ceased to exist. Our dependence on Divine Providence would be more obvious then, and our faith would have to give us strength in very different ways. The saints kept faith in the most difficult of times and leaned on God in every crisis.

From 'The Catholic One Year Bible': "A tree is identified by its fruit. A tree from a select variety produces good fruit; poor varieties, don't.... A good man's speech reveals the rich treasures within him. An evil-hearted man is filled with venom, and his speech reveals it."—Matthew 12:33, 35

SOURCE : https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/volusian-801

Abbatiale Saint-Volusien de Foix


Saint Volusian of Tours

Saint Volusianus or Volusian was the Bishop of Tours (a city now in modern day France). The Bishoporic of Tours had recently become popular from a predecessor, Saint Martin of Tours. During the time of his leadership, the region was under increasing pressure from both barbarian invasions and the invasion of the Visigoths. He was related to his immediate predecessor, Bishop Perpetuus, was of senatorial rank, and was famously married to a woman with a very quick and violent temper. Once, while writing to Bishop Ruricius (a friend and Bishop of Limoges) Saint Volusian began to express his physical fear of the invading Visigoths. Bishop Ruricius replied, saying that one who has lived with terror inside his own house should not be afraid of terrors outside.

Though he was consecrated Bishop while Clovis was still King of the Franks, the Visigoths soon invaded Saint Volusian's diocese, forcing him into exile. It was while he was in exile in either France or Spain, having served as Bishop for 7 years. Most of his history comes from his successor, Saint Gregory of Tours. His feast day is set for January 18th and continues as the patron saint of Foix, France.

SOURCE : https://www.thepathtosainthood.com/post/saint-volusian-of-tours

Saint January 18 : St. Volusian : Bishop of Tours

January 18, 2017

BISHOP

Feast Day : January 18

Died : 496

Volusian was bishop of Tours, in France, the see made famous by St. Martin two centuries earlier. He lived at a time before clerical celibacy had been enforced in the West and was married to a woman famous for her violent temper, which was a great trial to the bishop. He also lived in a time when the barbarian invasions had begun and the fear of the Goths was everywhere.

In writing to a friend of his, a certain Bishop Ruricius, of nearby Limoges, St. Volusian expressed his fear of the Goths who were beginning to terrorize his diocese. Ruricius humorously replied that someone who lived with terror inside his house, meaning his wife, should have no fear of terrors from the outside.Volusian was of senatorial rank, very wealthy, a relative of the bishop who preceded him, St. Perpetuus, and he lived in the days when Clovis was king of the Franks, the avowed enemy of the Goths.

As the Goths began to overrun Volusian's diocese, they suspected him of sympathies with Clovis and of wanting to subject them to the Franks, so Volusian was driven from his see and sent into exile.

He held the office of bishop in a very difficult time, when the whole of Western Europe was in turmoil, in the wake of the barbarian invasions from the East. Cities were sacked, government disrupted, and bishops were the only agents of stability as civil government collapsed. Gregory of  Tours, who succeeded Volusian as bishop of Tours a century later, describes the turmoil of the times, and it is from his writings that we get our knowledge of Volusian.

We have no further information about Volusian's wife or his family, and we are not sure whether he died in southern France or in Spain. It is simply known that he was driven from his see, went into exile, and died after ruling as bishop for seven years.

Thought for the Day: Most of us live in very stable times, and it is difficult to imagine what it would be like if our country were invaded and national and state government ceased to exist. Our dependence on Divine Providence would be more obvious then, and our faith would have to give us strength in very different ways. The saints kept faith in the most difficult of times and leaned on God in every crisis.

From 'The Catholic One Year Bible': "A tree is identified by its fruit. A tree from a select variety produces good fruit; poor varieties, don't.... A good man's speech reveals the rich treasures within him. An evil-hearted man is filled with venom, and his speech reveals it."—Matthew 12:33, 35

SOURCE : http://www.catholicnewsworld.com/2017/01/saint-january-18-st-volusian-bishop-of.html

Statue de Saint Volusien, Abbatiale Saint-Volusien de Foix


San Volusiano di Tours Vescovo

18 gennaio

† 496

Martirologio Romano: A Foix nella Gallia narbonense, nell’odierna Francia, transito di san Volusiano, vescovo di Tours, che, catturato dai Goti, in esilio rese lo spirito a Dio.

San Volusiano fu vescovo di Tours, nell’odierna Francia centrale, dal 488 al 496, qundo morì, all’epoca della conversione del re merovingio Clodoveo, fattore che avrebbe dato un grande impulso al cristianesimo nelle Gallie. San Gregorio di Tours, vissuto un secolo dopo, scrivendo a proposito del santo predecessore riferì che Volusiano era stato attaccato dai Goti e questi alla fine riuscirono addirittura a scacciarlo dalla sua sede, costringendolo così all’esilio in terra spagnola. Racconti successivi riferirono invece che il vescovo venne decapitato per mano degli invasori ed il suo martirio sarebbe dunque stato all’origine del suo culto.

A quel tempo vi erano ancora dei vescovi latini coniugati ed anche Volusiano era sposato: aveva una moglie talmente bisbetica che, con il suo caratteraccio, terrorizzava tutti i suoi conoscenti. Prova di ciò sta nella risposta che Ruricio, vescovo di Limoges, diede a Volusiano quando questi gli scrisse esponendogli il suo timore verso i goti: “timere hostem non debet extraneum qui consuevit sustinere domesticum”, cioè che chiunque ha già un nemico terribile in casa sua non ha nulla da temere da quelli esterni.

Autore: Fabio Arduino

SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/38230

Florence Guillot. Saint-Volusien au Moyen Âge, une abbaye à l’ombre du château de Foix. Revue de Comminges et des Pyrénées centrales, 2009, 2009 (I), pp.95-130. ffhal-00584701f : https://hal.science/hal-00584701/document