death_date birth_place feast_day venerated_in patronage birth_date major_shrine article_title name
~ 579 vaison-la-romaine february 15 roman catholic church vaison-la-romaine 556 vaison-la-romaine quinidius
 saint quinidius
quinidius

quinidius -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- died february 15 c. 579 -rrb- 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 .
