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Saint
Eligius
The Legend of Saint Eligius and Saint Godeberta by Petrus Christus[a]
Confessor, Bishop
Born
11 June 588
Chaptelat, Francia
Died
1 December 660
Noyon, Neustria, Francia
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglican Communion
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Feast
1 December
Attributes
Anvil; Bishop with a crosier in his right hand, on the open palm of his left a miniature church of chased gold; bishop with a hammer, anvil, and horseshoe; bishop with a horse; courtier; goldsmith; hammer; holding a horse's leg, which he detached from the horse in order to shoe it more easily; horseshoe; man grasping a devil's nose with pincers; man holding a chalice and goldsmith's hammer; man shoeing a horse; man with hammer and crown near a smithy; man with hammer, anvil, and Anthony the Great; pincers; with Godeberta; giving a ring to Godeberta; working as a goldsmith
Patronage
Cartwrights; clockmakers; coin collectors; craftsmen of all kinds; cutlers; exercise riders and grooms; gilders; goldsmiths; harness makers; horses; jewelers; jockeys; knife makers; laborers; locksmiths; metalworkers in general; miners; minters; Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; saddlers; toolmakers; veterinarians; watchmakers
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