Victurnian

Victurnian (in French Victurnien) is a hermit of the Limoges region, of the 7th century, venerated in the Western Church. The town of Saint-⁠Victurnien, in the Haute-⁠Vienne, bears his name.

The local story says his family came from Scotland. After the hermit's death his relatives wished to take his body home, but the funeral procession, drawn by four mules, was stopped by divine power at the top of a hill, and only an arm of the saint returned to Scotland. A cross was raised on that spot and is now covered with strips of cloth by the sick who hope for healing through the saint's intercession. In the church of Saint-⁠Victurnien, of the 13th and 14th centuries, behind the altar stands the tomb of the healing saint, with two holes through which the mentally ill passed their heads to receive the saint's grace.

The sources give three days of commemoration, 30 September, 3 October and 15 October. No sure details of his life survive.