Editing Thibodaux, Louisiana (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:St. Joseph Co-Cathedral St. Valeria relic - Thibodaux, Louisiana.JPG|thumb|right|St. Valérie's relics in St. Joseph Co-Cathedral]]
The Roman Catholic patron saints of Thibodaux are [[Valeria of Milan|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 (Thibodaux, Louisiana)|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.

[[Richard D'Alton Williams]], a well-known 19th-century Irish patriot, poet, and physician, died of tuberculosis in Thibodaux in 1862, and is buried in St. Joseph Cemetery. His headstone was erected that year by Irish members of the [[8th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry]], then encamped in Thibodaux. A famous Mississippi blues musician, Eddie "[[Guitar Slim]]" Jones, is buried in Thibodaux, where he often played, and where his manager, Hosea Hill, resided.  Two-term Governor of Louisiana [[Francis T. Nicholls]] is buried in the [[St. John's Episcopal Church and Cemetery|Episcopal Cemetery]] on Jackson Street.