Saint Eligius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Saint Eligius

Roman Catholic bishop and saint

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0588

Place of Birth: Chaptelat, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 01-Dec-0660

Profession: goldsmith, Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Saint Eligius (also Eloy, Eloi or Loye; French: Éloi; 11 June 588 – 1 December 660 AD) is the patron saint of goldsmiths, other metalworkers, and coin collectors.
He is also the patron saint of veterinarians, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), a corps of the British Army, but he is best known for being the patron saint of horses and those who work with them.
Eligius was chief counsellor to Dagobert I, Merovingian king of France.
Appointed the bishop of Noyon-Tournai three years after the king's death in 642, Eligius worked for twenty years to convert the pagan population of Flanders to Christianity.



Alternative names	Peter Christus, Peter Cristus, Petrus Cristus
Description	Southern Netherlandish painter and draughtsman primitif flamand
Date of birth/death	circa 1425 date QS:P,+1425-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	between 2 September 1475 and 19 December 1476 date QS:P,+1475-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1475-09-02T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1476-12-19T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death	Baerle, West Flanders	Bruges
Work period	from 1444 until 1472 date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1444-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1472-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Bruges
Authority control	: Q312616 VIAF: 79406516 ISNI: 0000 0000 8159 6299 ULAN: 500032549 LCCN: n88246784 NLA: 35699231 WorldCat