Venerable
Florence
A saint venerated at Comblé, who died around 367, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
- Feast
- December 1old style December 14
- Reposed
- 3674th century
- Place
- Comblé
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Florence of Comblé was a young woman of Phrygia who followed Saint Hilary of Poitiers on his return from the exile imposed by the emperor. Hilary, who lived from 303 to 367, consecrated her to God and gave her leave to retire to Comblé, a village east of Celle-l'Évescault which was among his many properties. There she lived until the age of twenty-nine, in prayer and mortification.
She is venerated in the Catholic Church on 1 December (new style), and Comblé is today a place of pilgrimage in her honor.
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