S. Claudius, which had been concealed at the time of the Saracen invasion, was discovered in 1260, visited in 1272 by Peter of Tarentaise (Blessed Innocent V), and borne in solemn procession throughout Burgundy before being brought back to the Shrine at Condat, the abbey and town formerly known as St. Oyan were thenceforward more generally called Saint-Claude, although actually the name Saint Oyan de Joux lingered until the seventeenth century.
As was natural, Henry Boguet had a very particular devotion to the great patron of the district, S. Claudius, and prominent among his published works is a life of the Saint, Vie de Saint Claude, 1591. This was reissued in 1607; and in 1627 at Lyons, C. Rigaud et Cobert printed what is termed the Second Edition of this most edifying study: “Les Actions de la vie et de la mort de Saint Claude avec des miracles et indulgences concédées aux Confrères
