Volusianus of Tours

Saint Volusianus of Tours was the seventh bishop of the city of Tours in Gaul, between 491 and 498; the calendars place his repose in 496. He is venerated as the patron of Foix.

He came from a wealthy and pious senatorial family, a close relative of his predecessor Perpetuus and of Ruricius of Limoges, and he was married when he was chosen bishop. Shortly afterwards he was driven from his see by the Arian Visigoths and exiled to Toulouse, where he may also have suffered martyrdom.

He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 18 January (new style).