George of Velay

George of Velay (George of Le Puy) is the first bishop of Velay honoured as a saint. A medieval legend makes him one of the seventy-⁠two disciples of the Lord, who came, like Saint Front of Périgueux, to evangelize Gaul, but the historical sources show him only as a descendant of a noble Arvernian or Vellavian family who became bishop of Velay about 480, when the episcopal see was probably at Saint-⁠Paulien (Ruessium). He is commemorated on 10 November, in the Western calendar (new style). A saint of the undivided Church, venerated locally.