Gaudiosus of Tarazona

Holy Hierarch Gaudiosus of Tarazona was a monk at Asan in the Spanish Pyrenees under Saint Victorian and later bishop of Tarazona in Spain. His dates are uncertain: the calendars give his repose around 585 and other sources around 540. He is a saint of the undivided Church.

Information on him is scant and comes from late sources; the only written details are a sketch of his life found on parchment in his grave when his remains were moved in 1573, and the lessons of the breviary of Tarazona Cathedral. His father, Guntha, was a military official at the court of the Visigothic king Theodoric the Great. His education was entrusted to Victorian of Asan, abbot of a monastery near Burgos, who trained him for the service of the Church. Around 530 he was appointed bishop of Tarazona. Nothing more is known of his work.

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