Saint Misselin

Misselin Misselin Priest of Tarbes and leader of the local resistance against the Goths. was a priest of Tar bes. S Tarbes Main city of the saint's activity, located in Bigorre. ai nt Gregory of Tours off Saint Grégoire de Tours Bishop and historian who mentions the martyrdom of Antolian. ers high praise for him in a few words, comparing his virtues and merits to those of Saint Just in. It is re saint Justin Saint to whom the virtues of Misselin are compared. ad in an old manuscript that this holy priest placed himself at the head of the Bigo Bigorraïs Inhabitants of Bigorre led by Misselin. rraïs to drive out of Tarbes the Arian G Goths ariens Germanic people of Arian confession who occupied Tarbes. oths, who had seized it and were committing unspeakable iniquities there. For several centuries, the deliverance of Tarbes was celebrated on May 25, the day on which the feast of Misselin was also held. For a long time, the feast of Saint Misselin has been celebrated on May 7. He is the patron of a parish in the vicinity of Tarbes, where tradition holds that he was born.