Saint Relics - Thibodeaux, Louisiana

Relics of Saint Valerie and St. Vitalis are housed at the St. Joseph Cathedral in Thibodeaux, Louisiana.
The Roman Catholic patron saints of Thibodaux are Saint Valérie, an early Christian martyr, and Saint Vitalis of Milan, her husband, also a martyr. A life-sized reliquary of Saint Valérie, containing an arm bone, was brought to Thibodaux in 1868 and is displayed in her shrine in St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux. A smaller reliquary, with a relic of St. Vitalis, is displayed near St. Valérie's reliquary. St. Valérie has traditionally been invoked for intercession in protecting Thibodaux from hurricanes.

St. Valerie, a virgin and martyr, was beheaded in the second century. Her arm was brought to a Louisiana cathedral in 1868, and has remained ever since.

Address:
721 Canal Boulevard
Thibodeaux, Louisiana
free admission

Directions: Inside St. Joseph Co-Cathedral. Downtown, on the northeast corner of Hwy 20/Canal Blvd and E. 8th St.