Lucerius

Saint Lucerius was the third abbot of the abbey of Farfa in Italy, successor, in 724 at the latest, of Aunepert, and he reposed in 740. He was from Provence (according to one source from Maurienne, born around 650), raised at Farfa by Thomas of Maurienne, the first abbot. A friend and fellow countryman of Thomas, he followed him as far as Jerusalem, where they stayed seven years; then he followed him to Farfa.

His abbacy was a time of growth and expansion. In his first year he received from Duke Thrasimund II of Spoleto a church dedicated to Saint Getulius, with its lands, within the jurisdiction of the diocese of Rieti. In 735 he founded the abbey of San Salvatore Maggiore, eight miles from Farfa. In 739 he received from King Liutprand a privilege confirming the possessions of the abbey and granting it the freedom to elect its abbots. Thrasimund had renounced his oath of loyalty to the king that year; Liutprand marched an army into central Italy and forced him to flee to Rome. Lucerius promptly paid homage to the king, who was at Spoleto. The next year, with the aid of Pope Zachary, Thrasimund retook Spoleto and granted the abbey the right to graze its animals in Germaniciana and the tithes of that place. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.