Name
Archdeacon of Lyon, in times of the emperor Leo
Saint ID
S02846
Reported Death Not Before
457
Reported Death Not After
500
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Lesser clergy
ID | Title | E02675 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (62), tells of an unnamed *Archdeacon of Lyon (S02846), summoned to Rome, who there expels an evil spirit from the daughter of the emperor Leo; the emperor sent magnificent gold gifts to the church of Lyon (south-east Gaul), but their carrier substituted objects of silver; the carrier and his goldsmith accomplice come to a bad end. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. |
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