Saturday Saints- #44 Donal Graeme | November 30, 2014 | by Donal Graeme ------------------------- Once again we find ourselves with a saint whose name begins with the letter “Q.” As I’ve noted before, that is a rather limited pool to draw from. Thus, today’s saint is St. Quinidius: > QUINIDIUS (French: _Quenin_) (died February 15 c. 579) was a French > saint. He was born at Vaison-la-Romaine to a noble Christian family. > As a young man, he became a hermit near Toulon and then at Lérins > Abbey to devote himself to a life of prayer and asceticism. >  > Esteemed for his piety, he was recalled to his natal town by > Theodosius, Bishop of Vaison. He was made an archdeacon. He was > himself elected Bishop of Vaison in 556, and achieved a reputation > for charity and fairness. He participated in the Councils of Paris > of 558 and 573. He resisted the claims of the patrician Mummolus, > conqueror of the Lombards. The wiki on St. Quinidius, with a little bit more about him, can be found here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinidius]. ------------------------- Archived from https://theredarchive.com/blog/Donal-Graeme/saturday-saints-44.25190