McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Elidius

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Elidius


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(1) Saint, from whom one of the Scilly Isles was named, now corrupted into St. Helen's Isle. He is also called St. Lyde, and is sometimes confounded with Eligins, bishop of Noyon.

(2) Martyr in Auvergne, under Childeric II (A.D. 674); commemorated January 25.