HE was one of the principal senators of Autun, and continued from the
death of his wife a widower till the age of fifty-seven, at which time,
for his singular virtues, he was compelled from his private penitential
life, and consecrated bishop of Langres, which see he governed with
admirable prudence and zeal thirty-three years, sanctifying his pastoral
labors by the most profound humility, assiduous prayer, and
extraordinary abstinence and mortification. An incredible number of
infidels were converted by him from idolatry, and worldly Christians
from their disorders. He died about the beginning of the year 541, but
some days after the Epiphany. Out of devotion to St. Benignus, he
desired to be buried near that saint's tomb at Dijon, which town was
then in the diocese of Langres, and had often been the place of his
residence. This was executed by his virtuous son Tetricus--who succeeded
him in his bishopric. The 4th of January seems to have been the day of
the translation of his relics. He is mentioned in the Roman Martyrology.
See his miracles recorded by St. Gregory of Tours. Vit. Patr. c. 7.
Hist. Franc. l. 3, c. 15, 19. Cointe Annal. et Gall. Christ.