Floride de Dijon

Who they were

Florida of Dijon was a woman about whose religious life little is known; she was buried in the western cemetery of the city alongside Pascasia. Her tomb was already known in the time of Saint Gregory of Tours, who described her as a virtuous woman, and in the Carolingian era the bodies of the two women were moved to the crypt of the martyr Benignus, where they still remain.

Some hagiographers have called her a martyr, though this is not supported by any historical evidence. Her name is recorded in the 'Chronicon S. Benigni'; although devotion to her has now disappeared, the old martyrologies kept her feast on 10 January.

The miracles

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

Why that counted as sanctity

Woman of Dijon buried beside Pascasia, venerated since the time of Saint Gregory of Tours; feast 10 January.

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• Gregory of Tours Saint
  “Her tomb was already known in the time of Saint Gregory of Tours, who described her as a virtuous woman, and in the Carolingian era the bodies of the two women were moved to the crypt of the martyr Benignus, where they still remain.” — this site's research