Eleutherius of Spoleto

Saint Eleutherius of Spoleto, a venerable father, was an Italian monk of the 6th century, regarded as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, according to a French source. He is remembered on 6 November. He was born at an unknown date and in an unknown city.

He entered as a monk the monastery of Saint Mark near Spoleto, which he is said to have founded himself, and after a few years, for his piety and wisdom, he was chosen as abbot. His fame spread, and Gregory the Great, then not yet pope, called him to Rome to lead the monastery of Saint Andrew that he had founded. Eleutherius was sent to Constantinople as an envoy of the pope; on his return he resumed his duties as abbot at Rome, where he stayed until his death, some time before his friend Gregory was elected pope. His body was later taken to Spoleto.

Pope Gregory related that Abbot Eleutherius had a gift of healing, which he exercised with humility, attributing the miracles to the prayer of the faithful.