Name
Eucherius, monk, and bishop of Lyon, ob. 449/451
Saint ID
S01995
Reported Death Not Before
449
Reported Death Not After
451
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Hermits/recluses, Widows and widowers, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00064 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Nicetius (bishop of Lyon, ob. 573, S00049), recounts how Nicetius, in a vision and aided by *Iustus and *Eucherius (earlier bishops of Lyon, S02411 and S01995), asserted the value of his dead body and punished a critical priest; in Lyon (south-east Gaul), 573. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (8.5), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E05021 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 16 November. |
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