page_title: Eliphius
hierarchical_section_title: Eliphius
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: 1986 im Kunsthandel erworbenen Statue des St. Eliphius (auch Élophe, Éliphe oder Alophe) in Groß St. Martin (Köln). Frühestens um die Mitte des 12. Jahrhundert entstanden. English: Statue of St. Eliphius (Élophe, Éliphe or Alophe) in the church Groß St. Martin, Cologne. Created in the middle of the 12th century or later Français&#160;: Statue de saint Élophe (Éliphe ou Alophe, en latin Eliphius) exposée dans l'église Saint-Martin de Cologne. Créée au milieu du XIIe siècle ou après.
context_page_description: Saint Eliphius or Eloff is venerated as a Christian martyr. Tradition holds that he was the child of a king of Scotia, and preached in Toul, where he converted 400 people to Christianity. He was accompanied by his siblings: St. Eucharius, and three sisters, Menna, Libaria, and Susanna.
  Tradition also makes him a bishop of Toul.
  In regard to their alleged royal and Irish birth, James Henthorn Todd states “that we cannot place much reliance on the statement that they were the children of a king of Scotia. Their names are not Irish.” In the 12th century, Abbot Rupert of Duitz, author of the Acts of the saint, was of the opinion that Eliphius and his siblings were natives of Toul.
  In his History of Lorraine, Antoine Augustin Calmet does not mention Scotia and states that according to some scholars, Eliphius could be a native of Soulosse-sous-Saint-Élophe or Gran; as well as the princely son of a man named Baccius.
  All of the siblings, except Menna, were beheaded at or near Toul, at the order of Julian the Apostate.
context_section_description: Saint Eliphius or Eloff (Élophe, Éliphe, Alophe) is venerated as a Christian martyr.  Tradition holds that he was the child of a king of Scotia, and preached in Toul, where he converted 400 people to Christianity.  He was accompanied by his siblings: St. Eucharius, and three sisters, Menna, Libaria, and Susanna.  
  Tradition also makes him a bishop of Toul.
  In regard to their alleged royal and Irish birth, James Henthorn Todd states “that we cannot place much reliance on the statement that they were the children of a king of Scotia.  Their names are not Irish.”  In the 12th century, Abbot Rupert of Duitz (Rupertus Tuitiensis), author of the Acts of the saint, was of the opinion that Eliphius and his siblings were natives of Toul.
  In his History of Lorraine, Antoine Augustin Calmet does not mention Scotia (which can refer to Ireland or Scotland) and states that according to some scholars, Eliphius could be a native of Soulosse-sous-Saint-Élophe or Gran; as well as the princely son of a man named Baccius.
  All of the siblings, except Menna, were beheaded at or near Toul, at the order of Julian the Apostate.
caption: 12th century statue of St. Eliphius in Great St. Martin Church, Cologne.
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