page_title: Eleutherius of Tournai
hierarchical_section_title: Eleutherius of Tournai
caption_attribution_description: Exhibit in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction; I took this photograph and release it into the public domain.
context_page_description: Saint Eleutherius of Tournai is venerated as a saint and considered the first bishop of Tournai. The Catholic Encyclopedia writes that "historically there is very little known about St. Eleutherius, but he was without doubt the first Bishop of Tournai."
  Tradition makes him a lifelong friend of St. Medardus, and the two saints had been courtiers before becoming bishops.
  Eleutherius was probably named bishop of Tournai after St. Remigius organized the church hierarchy of northern Gaul at the end of the fifth century.
  Some sermons on the Trinity, Nativity, and the feast of the Annunciation are falsely attributed to him.
context_section_description: Saint Eleutherius of Tournai (French: Eleuthère) (died c. 532) is venerated as a saint and considered the first bishop of Tournai. The Catholic Encyclopedia writes that "historically there is very little known about St. Eleutherius, but he was without doubt the first Bishop of Tournai."
  Tradition makes him a lifelong friend of St. Medardus, and the two saints had been courtiers before becoming bishops.
  Eleutherius was probably named bishop of Tournai after St. Remigius organized the church hierarchy of northern Gaul at the end of the fifth century.
  Some sermons on the Trinity, Nativity, and the feast of the Annunciation (Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. XV) are falsely attributed to him.
caption: St Eleutherius of Tournai Baptizing Converts (detail), workshop of Arnold of Nijmegen, Flemish, c. 1500-1525
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