Venerable
Desideratus of Gourdon
A hermit at Gourdon in Burgundy, reposed around 569.
- Feast
- April 30old style May 13
- Reposed
- 5696th century
- Place
- Gourdon
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Desideratus of Gourdon lived as a hermit at Gourdon near Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy, France, and reposed around the year 569. He is commemorated on 30 April. The surviving sources say no more of his labours.
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