Saint Euphronius of Autun (died after 472) was a bishop of Autun[1] between 450 and 490. According to Dom Basil Watkins OSB, Euphronius "was one of the greatest bishops of Gaul..."in the 5th century.[2]
Life
editHe became bishop in 451 at the latest. Gregory of Tours[3] reports that he had built a church dedicated to Saint Symphorian in Autun. He was a friend of Bishop Lupus of Troyes.[2]
The letters of Sidonius Apollinaris[4] note that around the year 470 he accompanied the bishop of Lyon and other prelates to Chalon-sur-Saône to consecrate a new bishop. Also in 472, Sidonius wrote to him to attend the consecration of the new bishop of Bourges.
In 453 Euphronius composed a letter, now lost, to the bishop of Angers, Talasius. It is reproduced in the Concilia Antiquae Galliae.[5] Around 470, when Bishop Perpetuus of Tours was building a new church to house the remains of Martin of Tours, Euphronius sent marble for the cover of the saint's tomb.[6] Euphronius was buried in the graveyard of the Abbey of St. Symphorian, Autun; his name is in the Roman Martyrology for August 3.
References
edit- ^ I.-F. Grégoire et F.-L. Collombet, Œuvres de C. Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius, vol. I, Lyon: Impr.-libr. Rusand, 1836
- ^ a b Watkins OSB, Basil (2015). Euphronius of Autun. The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 220. ISBN 9780567664150.
- ^ Historia Francorum. Vol. II. p. 15.
- ^ Letters, vol. IV,
n°25 ; vol. VII, n°8 ; vol. IX, n°2
- ^ Sirmond, P. (1629). Christian Gaul. Literary History of France. Vol. II. p. 465.
- ^ Van Dam, Raymond (2011). Saints and Their Miracles in Late Antique Gaul. Princeton University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9781400821143.
Sources
edit- Nominis: Saint Euphrone (in French)
