Florus of Lodève

Holy Hierarch Florus of Lodève (Flour) is venerated as the first bishop of Lodève in Languedoc in Gaul, and is said to have died around 389, by one tradition as a martyr. He is a saint of the undivided Church.

His history is unclear: the first written mentions appear in the 10th century and the first Life in the 14th. Tradition says he preached in Languedoc and the Auvergne. His tomb gave rise to a monastery, refounded in the 11th century by Saint Odilo of Cluny; around it grew the town of Saint-⁠Flour, later an episcopal see, of which Florus is patron. His feast is kept either on 1 June or on 4 November; the Orthodox calendars commemorate him on 3 November.

He is commemorated on 3 November, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).