# Germerius > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Germerius > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Germerius.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germerius > Source revision: 1277695638 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox saint |name= Saint Germerius |birth_date= ~480 AD |death_date=~560 AD |feast_day= May 16 |venerated_in= [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church)
[Eastern Orthodox Church](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church)[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm May 16]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. |image= Eglise Notre-Dame de la Dalbade - Saint Germier.jpg |imagesize= |caption= Notre-Dame de la Dalbade in Toulouse, right Bishop Germerius and below St Sebastian. |birth_place= |death_place= |titles= |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage=abbey of [Lézat](/source/L%C3%A9zat) |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= }} '''Saint Germerius''' ({{langx|fr|Saint Germier}}) (ca. 480- ca. 560 AD) was [bishop of Toulouse](/source/bishop_of_Toulouse) from 510 to 560 AD. There is some question as to whether he actually existed. He is the [patron saint](/source/patron_saint) of the abbey of [Lézat](/source/L%C3%A9zat).[https://books.google.com/books?id=LL6Byt9uSpgC&dq=germerius Remembering Kings Past by Amy G. Remensnyder. Cornell University Press, 1995.] {{ISBN|0-8014-2954-4}}. retrieved 5 June 2007]. He was a native of [Angoulême](/source/Angoul%C3%AAme), or possibly of [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem). After coming to [Gaul](/source/Gaul) from Jerusalem, he was ordained a [deacon](/source/deacon). He then received an instruction from an [angel](/source/angel), telling him to go to Paris where he would be made a [bishop](/source/bishop) at the age of thirty. He did so, and was made the bishop of Toulouse there. According to one version of his story, on his way to Toulouse, he was summoned by the king [Clovis I](/source/Clovis_I) to the royal palace. There, Germerius gave the [Eucharist](/source/Eucharist) to the king and his sons and heard their confessions. Later, Clovis asked for the bishop's prayers and offered in exchange whatever Germerius asked. Germerius told him that he wanted an estate in the Toulouse area, exactly, as much area as the shadow of his cloak could cover in Ducorum. Clovis agreed to give Germerius an area of six miles around Ducorum, and issued a written charter of liberty to substantiate as much. Clovis then requested the bishop to remain a further twenty days, and he agreed to do so. Upon his arrival in his new territory, Germerius founded two churches. One was dedicated to [Saint Martin](/source/Martin_of_Tours) and the other to [Saint Saturninus](/source/Perpetua_and_Felicity). The former has subsequently been identified as either the church of Saint-Martin in [Ox](/source/Ox%2C_France), a village roughly 4 kilometers southwest of [Muret](/source/Muret), or the church of Saint-Martin of Roziniac. Both of these churches fell under the possession of the monastic community Germerius founded. Germerius also established the monastery of [Saint-Germier](/source/Saint-Germier%2C_Haute-Garonne), which took possession of all these properties. Clovis is also reported to have given Germerius a number of other gifts, including [vestments](/source/vestments), the articles required for liturgical practices. This version of the story is explicitly included in the life of Germerius published by the abbey, as it makes it clear that the estates of the monastery were given to it by the king himself. He died at Ducorum. His [feast day](/source/feast_day) is May 16. ==References== ==External links== {{commons category|Germerius}} *[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3559 St. Germerius] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Germerius}} Category:480 births Category:560 deaths Category:6th-century Frankish saints Category:6th-century bishops in Gaul Category:Bishops of Toulouse Category:European people whose existence is disputed Category:Year of death uncertain --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Germerius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germerius) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germerius?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.