Florentius of Orange

Saint Florentius of Orange was the eighth Bishop of the city of Orange in the south of Gaul, from about 517 to 524. He was known for his generosity and, by tradition, for miracles. When the city was captured by the Ostrogoths he was deported with its inhabitants to Fiorenzuola d'Arda near Piacenza, and later he was released through the intercession of Saint Caesarius of Arles, who appealed for him to King Theodoric. He reposed around the year 525 or 526.

His relics are divided between the cathedrals of Avignon and Le Puy, and at Fiorenzuola he is the patron of the town. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 17 October (new style, Western calendar).