Mansuetus (bishop of Toul)

Mansuetus is thought to have been of Irish or Scottish origin. After religious studies in Rome, he was sent by Pope Damasus I to evangelize Gaul, becoming the first Bishop of Toul in 365.[1][2] Little is known about the details of his life; he is believed to have erected a church dedicated to St. Peter and to have spent nearly four decades preaching in the Leuci region, which efforts were met with considerable success.[3] He died in Thulium while serving as itinerant bishop of Belgian prim.

Mansuetus is recognized as a saint according to the Pre-Congregation standards for canonization.[4] Tradition holds that he is responsible for the healing of lepers and for restoring the life of the drowned son of the prince of Toul.[5] His Feast day is celebrated on September 3 in the Roman Catholic diocese of Toul and on August 31 in Saint-Dié .[6]

Various versions of St Mansuy's life were composed in the Middle Ages, the earliest was written by Adson of Montier-en-Der at the request of Gerard of Toul in the mid tenth-century. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries a shorter version and a metrical version were written. [7]

According to the Vita Sancti Gerardi, Bishop St. Gerard I of Toul (r. 963–994) had the relics of both Mansuetus and Aprus brought into Toul and placed in the church of St. John the Baptist while he was ill.[8] Later, in 1790, Mansuetus' relics were divided among the canons of the church of Toul, to prevent them from being destroyed by revolutionaries.[9]

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  Église Saint Mansuy de Fontenoy-le-Château.
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  Statue.
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  Reliquaire.
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  Son gisant.

Iconography is found on the shrine of Vittel and a brotherhood statue, belonging to the Church of Fontenoy-le-Château. There are parish churches dedicated to St. Mansuy in Bouvron, Fontenoy-le-Château, Loisey-Culey, Nancy, Serécourt. The village of Dommary-Baroncourt had a church of that name, but it was destroyed in 1974.