Vorles of Marcenay

Saint Vorles of Marcenay was born around 530 at Marcenay in Burgundy and died on 16 June 591. He was a priest and is known for the gift of being present in two places at once. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church and remembered on 16 June in the Western calendar. Some credit him with kinship to the Burgundian king Guntram I.

His best-⁠known miracle is told thus: one day, while he was celebrating the Liturgy at Marcenay in the presence of the king and his retinue, he stood motionless and absent for a very long time. When he came to himself, he said that he had gone to save a child from a burning house at Plaines, a village some twenty-⁠five kilometers away. The king sent men to verify. He is buried at Marcenay, in the church of Saint-⁠Vorles. After his death a rich folklore grew up: invoking him healed many diseases, such as plague and cholera, and guarded against infirmity and famine.