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Eligius (also known as Eloi) was born around 590 near Limoges in France. He became an extremely skillful metalsmith and was appointed master of the mint under King Clotaire II of Paris. Eligius developed a close friendship with the King and his reputation as an outstanding metalsmith became widespread. With his fame came fortune. Eligius was very generous to the poor, ransomed many slaves, and built several churches and a monastery at Solignac. He also erected a major convent in Paris with property he received from Clotaire’s son, King Dagobert I. In 629, Eligius was appointed Dagobert’s first counselor. Later, on a mission for Dagobert, he persuaded the Breton King Judicael, to accept the authority of Dagobert. Eligius later fulfilled his desire to serve God as a priest, after being ordained in 640. Then he was made bishop of Noyon and Tournai. His apostolic zeal led him to preach in Flanders, especially Antwerp, Ghent, and Courtai where he made many converts. Eligius died on December 1, around 660, at Noyon. He is the patron of metalworkers and his feast day is December 1. The use of one’s talents and wealth for the welfare of humanity is a very true reflection of the image of God. In the case of St. Eligius, he was so well liked that he attracted many to Christ. His example should encourage us to be generous in spirit and kind and happy in demeanor.
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๐๐ต. ๐๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ถ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ-๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
