Cyprian of Genouillac

Who they were

Cyprian was an abbot at Genouillac near Périgueux, remembered by Gregory of Tours as a man of great holiness who healed weak hands, restored movement to the paralysed, gave sight to the blind, and cured three lepers by anointing; people were still reported to be healed by praying at his tomb.

According to the lives of Saints Amand and Sorus, Cyprian was one of three young men from the Auvergne who placed themselves under Abbot Savalo of Genouillac in the time of King Clotaire I, later withdrawing to live as solitaries; Cyprian settled in the place later named for him, Saint-Cyprien in the Dordogne, and, with Amand, buried Sorus after the latter had cured King Gontran of leprosy. He is thought to have died before 587, since Gregory of Tours was already writing of him by then.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

Abbot of Genouillac near Périgueux renowned for healing the sick, praised by Gregory of Tours; feast 9 December.

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  “Cyprian was an abbot at Genouillac near Périgueux, remembered by Gregory of Tours as a man of great holiness who healed weak hands, restored movement to the paralysed, gave sight to the blind, and cured three lepers by anointing; people were still reported to be healed by praying at his tomb.” — this site's research