May 1 Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, King, Martyr. executed in 523 at Orleans, France. Patronage: against fever Czech Repubic Freising, Germany monarchs Germanic peoples bibliophiles monasteries . King Gunebald, Vandal ruler of the kingdom of Burgundy, in the early 6th century, claimed to be a Christian but denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. His son and heir, Sigismund, under the influence of Bishop Saint Avitus of Vienne, accepted the truth. In 515, Sigismund built the famous monastery of Saint- Maurice at Agaune in Valais, where many hermits had lived in scattered cells.
May 1 Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, King, Martyr.
May 1 Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, King…
May 1 Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, King, Martyr.
May 1 Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, King, Martyr. executed in 523 at Orleans, France. Patronage: against fever Czech Repubic Freising, Germany monarchs Germanic peoples bibliophiles monasteries . King Gunebald, Vandal ruler of the kingdom of Burgundy, in the early 6th century, claimed to be a Christian but denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. His son and heir, Sigismund, under the influence of Bishop Saint Avitus of Vienne, accepted the truth. In 515, Sigismund built the famous monastery of Saint- Maurice at Agaune in Valais, where many hermits had lived in scattered cells.