Saint Clair of Dauphiné, also known as St. Clair of Vienne, was a Catholic abbot who "bequeathed to monasticism an example of religious excellence".[1] He was born about 590 in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône and died in 660 in Vienne, France. His liturgical memorial is celebrated on January 1 in the Roman Martyrology.
St. Clair was born around 590 in the village of Beauchamp[1] (later renamed Saint-Clair-du-Rhône in his memory).[2] He was raised first by his widowed mother and then by the monks of Saint-Ferréol when his mother decided to retire to the cloistered convent of Sainte-Blandine.
St. Clair decided to enter the monastery of Saint-Ferréol-Trente-Pas, one of the most important monasteries of the time (it had four hundred monks at that time), to dedicate himself to God.
He was considered outstanding, so much so that Bishop Caldéolde decided to appoint him abbot of the Saint-Marcel monastery (which had thirty monks at the time) and chaplain of the Saint-Blandine monastery (where his mother had retired).
According to Christian tradition, he was noted for his prophetic gifts and miraculous healing abilities.
He died around 660 and was buried in the church of Sainte-Blandine, next to the martyrs of Lyon.
Saint Clair is the patron saint of woodworkers,[3] glassmakers, and spectacle makers.[4] He is invoked as a healing saint for the eyes,[4] in particular, to "protect the eyes and cure eye diseases". From this reputation derives the punning French expression "Saint Clair qui fait voir clair" ("Saint Clair who makes you see clearly")[2]
According to Arnold van Gennep, Saint Clair is also the patron saint of stonemasons ("who are in constant danger of being blinded by splinters and dust").[5]
In the commune of Dingy-Saint-Clair,[8] where a relic of Saint Clair was kept, a pilgrimage for eye diseases was held until the destruction of the priory (partly during the French Revolution when the buildings were confiscated and sold as national property and burned).
^ abVan Gennep, Arnold (1999). La Savoie : vie quotidienne, fêtes profanes & religieuses, contes & légendes populaires, architecture & mobilier traditionnels, art populaire (in French). Curandera. p. 249. ISBN978-2866771188.
^"Histoire,Diocèse de Grenoble - Vienne". www.diocese-grenoble-vienne.fr.
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Bibliographyedit
Blanc, Marius (1898). La vie et le culte de Saint-Clair, Abbé de Saint-Marcel de Vienne en Dauphiné (in French). Vol. 2. Toulon: Impr. Catholique.
Maréchal, Jean-Robert (2008). Les Saints Patrons protecteurs (in French). Cheminements. ISBN978-2844785800.
Van Gennep, Arnold (1924). "Le culte populaire de saint Clair et saint Blaise en Savoie". Revue d'ethnographie et des traditions populaires (in French). 5: 136 and following.
Devos, Roger; Joisten, Charles (1978). Mœurs et coutumes de la Savoie du Nord au xixe siècle : L'enquête de Mgr Rendu (in French). Centre alpin et rhodanien d'ethnologie. ISBN978-2-901102-01-4.
Baudoin, Jacques (2006). Grand livre des saints : culte et iconographie en Occident (in French). CREER. ISBN978-2848190419.
Burlet, Joseph (1922). Le culte de Dieu, de la Sainte Vierge et des saints en Savoie avant la Révolution : essai de géographie hagiologique (in French). Imprimerie réunies de Chambéry.
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Religion resource: GCatholic.org
January 01, 1970
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