Elpidius of Lyon
Elpidius of Lyon (m. Lyon, France, 422) also known as Helpidius[1] was a pre-Congregation saint and 5th century bishop of Lyon.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][1]
Life[edit]
He succeeded Antiochus of Lyon as bishop in 410AD and is well attested in the Episcopal lists and it was said of him that he well served his diocese,[9] but outside of that nothing is known of his episcopate as his vita has been lost. His name was a common Roman cognomen.
Death and legacy[edit]
He died of natural causes in 422 and his relics are laid in the Benedictine church of Sant Just, in Lyon.[10][11] His feast day is 9 September.[12]
He was succeeded by Sicarius of Lyon as Bishop.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Claude Du Lut BREGHOT, Catalogue Lyonnais worthy of remembrance (Techener, 1839) page 102-104.
- ^ David M. Cheney, Archdiocese of Lyon at catholic-hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
- ^ Archdiocese of Lyon, France at Catholic Saints.info.
- ^ Lyons. at Newadvent.org.
- ^ Lyon. at GCatholic.org.
- ^ Philip T. Hoffman, Church and Community in the Diocese of Lyon, 1500–1789 (Yale University Press, 1984).M
- ^ Guillaume Paradin, Memoires De L'Histoire De Lyon (by Antoine Gryphius, 1573) p61
- ^ Étienne Joseph Poullin de Lumina, Histoire de l'église de Lyon (chez Joseph-Louis Berthoud, 1770)p 56.
- ^ "Elpidius Sicaire | Martyrs et Saints". martyretsaint.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ Pius XII, Martyrologium Romanum [Roman martyrology] (in Latin), (Rome, 1956), accessed October 28, 2011.
- ^ Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- ^ Katherine Rabenstein I. (1998). "Saint of the Day: September 2» Saints of the Day.
