Saint Desideratus of Bourges
Also known as
- Desire
- Dezydery
- Desiderato
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His was a pious family; his parents turned their home into a hospital, and his brothers, Deodato and Didier, died as a martyrs. Desideratus was a courtier and advisor to king Clotaire. Fought simony and heresy. He wished to retire to life as a monk, but was chosen to serve as bishop of Bourges, France in 541. Attended the 5th Council of Orleans in 549, and the 2nd Council of Auvergne. Fought against Nestorianism.
Born
- Soissons, France
- 8 May 550 of natural causes
- buried in the basilica of Sant’Ursino, Bourges, France, the building of which he began
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