Florentine Orange

Florence ( Florence ; died in 526 ) - Bishop of Orange , Saint (Memorial Day - October 17 ).

Church of St. Florence in Orange

St. Florence, Bishop of Orange, is known for his patronage of monastic scholarship and personal holiness. He defended his department from the heretical attacks of those times.

In 509, Saint Florenty was deported by the Ostrogoths to the town of Fiorenzuola d'Arda with the rest of the inhabitants of Orange . Thanks to the intercession of St. Florentine returned home before Theodoric the Great .

The relics of St. Florence are distributed between the church in Orange, which bears his name, the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Dom in Avignon , the cathedral ^{[1] of the} city ​​of Le Puy-en-Velay , churches in Fiorenzuola and ^[2] .