Julian of Brioude

He was most famous through his association with an aristocratic family of bishops of the time, his most notable proponents being St. Gallus of Clermont and St. Gregory of Tours (the latter best known for his Ten Books of Histories).

The persecution in Vienne, under the auspices of the Governor Crispinus (although this is disputed) at the time forced him to leave the town, as advised by his friend and fellow saint, the Tribune Ferréol.

[2] Having decapitated the saint, his executioners washed the head in a nearby spring and took it to Vienne, leaving the body to be buried in Brioude by two old men, who received an invigorating miracle that made them feel young again thereafter.

This was simply the first of a series of reputed miracles, healing several people, including Gregory's brother[3] of various afflictions, and punishing the wicked, especially perjurers.

In 543 Bishop Gallus instituted rogations, and the people of Clermont processed to the church of St. Julian at Brioude in order to seek his intercession against the plague that beset their city.