Theuderius
Saint Theuderius was a Christian monk, abbot and hermit.
His feast day is 29 October.
Life
Saint Theuderius was born in the 6th century in Arcisse, near the modern commune of Saint-Chef, in Dauphiné, France.He wanted to enter Lérins Abbey on the French Riviera as a monk but Saint Caesarius of Arles ordained him as a priest.
He returned to Vienne where a group of disciples gathered round him, and he established at least one monastery for them.
He spent the last twelve years of his life in a walled up cell in the Church of Saint Lawrence, Vienne, where he died around 575.
He was known as a miracle worker.
Legacy
Saint Theudère is celebrated in the Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne on 29 October.The commune of Saint-Chef was called Saint-Theudère by the church of Vienne in the earliest days of Christianity.
The village may be called Saint-Chef today because of a tradition that the head of the saint was kept there.
Another tradition indicates that the head was that of Saint Thibaud, archbishop of Vienne in the tenth century.