[2] Eleutherius was probably named bishop of Tournai after St. Remigius organized the church hierarchy of northern Gaul at the end of the fifth century.

[2] Catholic Online repeats the legend that a "group of Arians enraged by his preaching beat him severely He died some weeks later [sic].

Eleutherius eventually became bishop of Tournai, and was consulted by Pope Hormisdas on the matter of eradicating Arianism.

[2] Eleutherius' relics were translated again in 1247,[2] when the great reliquary shrine was commissioned by Bishop Walter de Marvis.

In its gable end St Eleutherius appears, holding his crozier in one hand and in the other a model of the cathedral with its five spires.