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Also known as St. Eligius, Eloy, Loye, St. Eloy, Saint Eloy, St. Loye, Saint Loye, Saint Eligius

Roman Catholic bishop and saint

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Eligius, also known as Éloi de Noyon, was a male human born in Chaptelat on June 11, 588, and died in Noyon on December 1, 660. He held citizenship in Francia and was a Catholic priest, goldsmith, writer, and bishop. His work location included Tours, and he spoke Latin. He is recognized as a Catholic saint with a feast day on December 1.

He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. His name appears in the work *Good King Dagobert*. While Open Library lists an author named Eligius Dekkers with twelve works, including *Sancti Aurelii Augustini Enarrationes in Psalmos* and *Voordrachten over de heilige Gregorius de Grote met een keuze uit zijn werken*, these are distinct from the historical figure Eligius. Europeana Sparql records two works associated with the subject.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
12

Top works

  • Sancti Aurelii Augustini Enarrationes in Psalmos
  • Voordrachten over de heilige Gregorius de Grote met een keuze uit zijn werken
  • Inleiding tot de liturgiek
  • Het komen van de Heer
  • Corona gratiarum

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Belgium

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Francia
Place of birth
Chaptelat
Place of death
Noyon
Occupation
Catholic bishop
Position held
bishop
Languages spoken
Latin
Image
Der Heilige Eligius zwickt dem Teufel in die Nase (Kathedrale von Auxerre).jpg
Work location
Tours
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Commons category
Saint Eligius
date of birth
0588-06-11
date of death
0660-12-01
canonization status
Catholic saint
described by source
Wikitólica
feast day
December 1
present in work
Good King Dagobert
name in native language
Éloi de Noyon
subject has role
bishop
Sources (3)

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Eligius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana