Chrysolius
title: "Chrysolius" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["3rd-century-christian-martyrs", "3rd-century-bishops-in-gaul", "cephalophores", "comines-warneton", "armenian-saints", "executed-armenian-people", "armenian-expatriates-in-france", "armenian-expatriates-in-belgium"] topic_path: "society/religion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysolius" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific_prefix | Saint |
| name | Chrysolius |
| death_date | ~300 AD |
| feast_day | 7 February |
| venerated_in | Roman Catholic Church |
| image | Eglise Saint Chrysole de Comines - reliques de St Chrysole - Buste reliquaire.jpg |
| imagesize | 250px |
| birth_place | Armenia |
| death_place | Belgium |
| titles | Martyr |
| patronage | Komen |
| :: |
|honorific_prefix= Saint |name= Chrysolius |birth_date= |death_date=~300 AD |feast_day= 7 February |venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church |image=Eglise Saint Chrysole de Comines - reliques de St Chrysole - Buste reliquaire.jpg |imagesize= 250px |caption= |birth_place= Armenia |death_place= Belgium |titles= Martyr |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage=Komen |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= Saint Chrysolius () the Armenian is the patron saint of Komen/Comines, today in Belgium and France; his relics were venerated in the basilica of St Donatian, Bruges.
Life
According to tradition, he was a native Armenian who fled to Rome during the persecution of Christians by Diocletian, was received by Pope Marcellus I and sent to northeast Gaul, where he evangelized at Verlengehem. Chrysolius then became a bishop and was subsequently stopped by Roman soldiers and condemned to be decapitated; the top of his skull was sliced off. According to his legend, the piece of his skull broke into three smaller pieces, and where each piece fell, a miraculous spring gushed out. Chrysolius, after recovering the top of his cranium, walked to Komen and died there, after crossing the ford at the river Deûle that now bears his name.
Veneration
The waters of the springs where pieces of his head are said to have fallen were believed to cure ailments of the throat and eyes.
The rosette in the façade of the church of Saint-Vaast at Wambrechies depicts Chrysolius, along with saints Hubert, Benedict, and Bernard.
The church of Saint-Chrysole was rebuilt in neo-Byzantine style between 1922 and 1929, after its predecessor was destroyed in World War I.
Image:Eglise St Chrysole Vitrail.jpg|Church of St.-Chrysole, Komen Image:Construction st chrysole comines.jpg|Construction of the church of St.-Chrysole, Komen Image:Eglise St Chrysole vue du beffroi2.jpg|Church of St.-Chrysole, Komen Image:Eglise Saint Chrysole de Comines - intérieur vu depuis le fond de la nef.jpg|St Chrysole, Komen. interior Image:Eglise Saint Chrysole de Comines - Choeur (vue générale).jpg|St Chrysole, Komen. interior Image:Eglise Saint Chrysole de Comines - tabernacle, ancien maître autel et ciborium.jpg|St Chrysole, Komen. Altar and ciborium Image:Eglise Saint Chrysole de Comines - intérieur.jpg|St Chrysole, Komen. interior
References
References
- William Smith and Henry Wace, ''A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines'', 1877, vol. I ''s.v.'' "Chrysolius"
- [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2667 St. Chrysolius].
- Casteleyn, Maryse.. (February 9, 2008). "Saint Chrysole a donné son nom à plus d'un lieu à Wambrechies". La Voix du Nord.
- According to André du Saussay, ''Martyrologium gallicanum'' (Paris 1637), noted in Smith and Wace. The historical bishoprics of this region date to the sixth century.
- [https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/C/chrysolius-(chryseuil)-st.html ''The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature''. (James Strong and John McClintock, eds.) Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880] {{PD-notice
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