Gauzelin of Toul

Saint Gauzelin was bishop of Toul from 922 until his death on 7 September 962. He is remembered on 7 September, and on 31 August the translation of his relics to Nancy Cathedral, in 1803, is commemorated.

He was born to noble Frankish parents. He first served as a notary in the chancery of the Frankish kingdom, from about 913 to about 919, from where King Charles the Simple named him bishop of Toul. Pope John X confirmed the appointment, and he received episcopal consecration on 17 March 922 from Ruotger. He promoted discipline in the monasteries and among the diocesan priests and tried to defend the Church against secular threats. The damage from the Danish and Hungarian invasions made him a reforming bishop in his diocese and the founder of a number of monasteries. Among them was the monastery at Bouxières-⁠aux-⁠Dames, built in 935-936, associated with his noble house and where he was later buried. The cathedral of Nancy still preserves a number of objects that belonged to him: a Gospel book, a chalice, a comb and liturgical episcopal rings.