May 23

Saint Desiderius of Langres

May 23rd IV century

Name
Desiderio (Masculino)
Dead
in Langres, in current France
Celebration
May 23rd
In Langres, in the Gallia Lugdunensis, martyrdom of saint Desiderius, Bishop, who is told that when noting that his flock was vexed by the Vandals, he approached his King to plead for it, but he was sentenced to death by the former and surrendered freely for the sheep that had been entrusted to him (c. 355). Roman martyrology