(A.D. 674.)
[S. Praejectus, in French _S. Priest_, _Priets_, _Prie_, or _Prix_,
is commemorated in the Gallican, Belgic, Sarum, and other
Martyrologies. Authority: his life by two contemporary writers.]
S. Praejectus, Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne, severely rebuked one
Hector, a noble of Marseilles, for having ravished a young lady of
Auvergne, and seized on her estates. His remonstrances having been
disregarded, he hastened to King Childeric II. to lay his complaint
before him, and the king gave orders for the execution of Hector. On the
return of the Saint to his see, some friends of Hector waylaid him at a
place called Volvic, near Clermont, and murdered him.