Eustace of Luxeuil
Abbot of Luxeuil
Feast: 2 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Eustace was one of the first companions of St. Columbanus. When Columbanus was banished from Burgundy for rebuking King Thierry's morals, he asked the monks of Luxeuil to choose Eustace as abbot in his place. In 613 King Clothaire II sent Eustace to Bobbio to call Columbanus back, but Columbanus declined and asked the king to protect Luxeuil instead.
Under Eustace, Luxeuil grew in renown for learning and holiness, and he and his monks preached in remote parts of north-eastern Gaul and as far as Bavaria. He died on 29 March 625.
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
The second abbot of Luxeuil, who led its monks in mission after Columbanus.
Connected on this site
- Acarius Saint Pupil
- Audomar Saint Pupil
- Columbanus Saint Teacher
- Saint Ame Saint Pupil
- Saint Waldebert Saint“He lived as a hermit close to the abbey until the death of the monastery's abbot, Eustace of Luxeuil, when Waldebert was elected Luxeuil's third abbot (c.” — Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - St. Eustace
- Roman Martyrology, 2 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q666473 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Eustace of Luxeuil (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.