Saint of the Day – 27 June – St Desideratus (6th Century) Priest, Monk and Hermit in Gourdon, near Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy, Miracle-worker. Patronage – against toothache. Also known as – Désiré, Desert, Didier.
Unknown Hermit
Desideratus lived in the 6th Century in what is now France. The holy Pope St Gregory I the Great (590-604) wrote of him and considered him a man of admirable holiness.
The holy Bishop St Gregory of Tours relates that Desideratus was distinguished by his holiness and that he had seen him in the Monastery of Gourdon, where he restored many sick people to health through his prayers, especially those suffering from toothache.
Details of his life as a Hermit are not known but he was venerated in the Monastery of Mont-Saint-Vincent in Burgundy and in the entire region.
His Feastday is 27 June but 30 April is also mentioned.
In an old record of the Church of Chalon, printed in Lyon in 1520, one finds the Feast of the holy Priest Hermit, St Desideratus celebrated on 30 April.
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