Eleutherius of Tournai [SEP] canonization status
Eleutherius of Tournai
Saint Eleutherius of Tournai () (died c. 532) is venerated as a saint and considered the first bishop of Tournai. The "Catholic Encyclopedia" writes that "historically there is very little known about St. Eleutherius, but he was without doubt the first Bishop of Tournai." 
Tradition makes him a lifelong friend of St. Medardus, and the two saints had been courtiers before becoming bishops.
Eleutherius was probably named bishop of Tournai after St. Remigius organized the church hierarchy of northern Gaul at the
end of the fifth century.
Some sermons on the Trinity, Nativity, and the feast of the Annunciation ("Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. XV") are falsely attributed to him.
Martyrdom.
Eleutherius is venerated as a martyr although this legend is considered an invention of the canon priest Henri of Tournai, who wrote a "vita" of Eleutherius in 1141. At the end of the 11th century the Church of Tournai had been trying to become independent from the diocese of Noyon, and Henri had been