George of Rodés

George of Rodés was a monk and then bishop of Lodève in southern France in the 9th century. He is said to have reposed around 884.

He came from the region of Rouergue, near Rodez. He began as a monk at the abbey of Sainte-⁠Foy at Conques. When the Northmen laid the abbey waste, around 862, he took refuge at Toulouse with Count Raymond. The count founded the abbey of Vabres, and George helped to establish it and guided its community well.

He then became bishop of Lodève, between 863 and 884 by one source, and from 880 by another. He received gifts from King Charles the Bald. He is buried in the church that became the cathedral of Saint-⁠Fulcran in Lodève, and his figure is carved on the tympanum of the cathedral.

A legend says that, pursued by the Saracens on the way from Lodève to Rodez, he crossed the valley of the Viaur in a single great leap, and his horse left its hoofprints in the rock.

He is remembered on 9 November, and in the diocese of Rodez on 19 February. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honored in the West; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.