Urban of Langres
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Saint Urban of Langres | |
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| Bishop of Langres | |
| Born | 327 |
| Died | c. 390 |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | pre-Congregation |
| Feast | 2 April 23 January in Langres |
| Attributes | bishop with a bunch of grapes or a vine at his side; a book with a wine vessel on it; grapes on a missal as he holds the triple cross[1] |
| Patronage | Langres; Dijon; vine-growers, vine-dressers, gardeners, vintners, and coopers; invoked against blight, frost, storms, alcoholism, and faintness |
Urban of Langres (327 – c. 390) was a Gallo-Roman saint and bishop. He served as the sixth bishop of Langres from 374 until his death. Leodegaria was his sister.[2]
Urban was the bishop of Lingonum (now Langres), Gallia Lugdunensis, beginning in 374. Legend states that soon after taking his position, political turmoil erupted, and he was driven from his house. Urban hid from his persecutors in a vineyard. The vine-dressers in the area concealed him, and he took the opportunity to convert them to Christianity. Those same vine-dressers then helped him in his covert ministry, as he moved from one town to another via their vineyards. Urban developed great affection for all the people in the wine industry, and they for him. Urban is thus the patron saint of vine-dressers.[3]
