Benignus of Le Puy

Saint Benignus of Le Puy was bishop of the city of Le Puy-⁠en-⁠Velay (also called Anis, from Anitium) in Gaul, probably at the beginning of the 7th century. Nothing certain is known of his life and the time of his episcopate cannot be fixed; he would have been a contemporary of Constantius of Albi (625-647) and perhaps successor to Aurelius of Velay.

According to tradition he founded the town hospital, in front of the cathedral, but this report has little support, and even the existence of a church at Le Puy in the 6th century is doubted: the see was permanently moved there only toward the end of the 9th century, having been until then at Ruessium (today Saint-⁠Paulien). His relics are kept in the church of Saint-⁠Vosy at Le Puy. He was succeeded by Saint Agrippanus. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.