Eligius
Also recorded as St. Eligius · Eloy · Loye · St. Eloy
Eligius
Saint Eligius · Project Gutenberg text 10940 · Public domain
- Born
- 588
- Died
- 660
- Nationality
- Francia
- Occupation
- Catholic priest · goldsmith · writer · Catholic bishop
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- 1.van der Velden, Hugo. Defrocking St Eloi: Petrus Christus' vocational portrait of a goldsmith. Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art. 26. 4. 243–276. 1998.
- 2.Van der Essen, Léon. "St. Eligius." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 31 January 2015
- 3.Audoin of Rouen. The Life of Saint Eligius (Vita Sancti Eligii).
- 4.09. 298; line five.
- 5.Hinds, Allen Banks. "Saint Eloi". A Garner of Saints, 1900. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 April 2017
- 6.Daniel, Roger M. The Quest for King Arthur. Lulu.com. 122. September 2025. 9781326677428.
- 7.Hayo Vierck, 'Werke des Eligius', in Georg Kossack and Günter Ulbert (Eds.): Studien zur vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie. Festschrift für Joachim Werner. Münchener Beiträge zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte, 1974, pp. 309–81.
- 8.December 1 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- 9.Olmert, Michael (1996). Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella: Curiouser & Curiouser Adventures in History, p.230. Simon & Schuster, New York. .
- 10.Active Interest Media. Patron Saint of hobby recalled. numismaticnews.net. 11 January 2017.
- 11.REME History: St Eligius, REME's Patron Saint. REME Museum. December 2020.
- 12.Hopler, Whitney. St. Eligius, a Patron Saint of Horses. Learn Religions. Dotdash. 25 June 2019.
- 13.Les Grands "Mays" de Notre-Dame de Paris.
- 14.Messe de la Saint Éloi.
- 15.St. Eloi shoeing a possessed horse, Slapton, Northamptonshire.
- 16.Tapestry of the Miracle of Saint Eligius (Eloy). Lessingimages.com.
- 17.Breeze, Andrew. Chaucer, St. Loy, and the Celts. Reading Medieval Studies. 17. 110. 1991.
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