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Ives, Yves, Ivo and other variations depending on language. Born in Brittany, 17 October, 1253; died 19 May, 1303. Canonized 1347 by Clement VI; Feast day May 19; graduated University of Paris in civil law, studied canon law at Orléans. Became ecclesiastical judge, of the archdeanery of Rennes , then see of of Tréguier, resisted unjust taxation of the king, which he considered an encroachment on the rights of the Church, his charity gained him reputation of advocate and patron of the poor. Patron of lawyers, though not, it is said, their model, for — "Sanctus Ivo erat Brito, Advocatus et non latro, Res miranda populo." Loosely translated: "St. Ives was from the Land of Beef, A Lawyer, he was, yet Not a Thief! Contrary to the Popular Belief." Also contrary to popular belief, he is not the patron of polygamists, sacks, or cats. He did not suffer from the hives, And is not related to Burl Ives.
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