Viventiolus

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Saint

Viventiolus
Archbishop of Lyon
ArchdioceseLyon
Installed515
Term ended523
PredecessorStephanus
SuccessorLupus
Personal details
Born460
DiedJuly 12, 524(524-07-12) (aged 63–64)
NationalityBurgundian
ParentsAquilinus (father), Tullia (grandmother)
ProfessionAuthor
Sainthood
Feast dayJuly 12
Venerated inCatholic Church, Orthodox Church, True Orthodox Church

Saint Viventiolus (French : Saint Vivientol) (460 July 12, 524) (also known as Juventiole) was the Archbishop of Lyon (ancient Lugdunum) 514–523. Later canonized and venerated as a saint within the Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Lyon, France [1] his feast Day is July 12. He is recognised in the Orthodox Church and the True Orthodox Church, including amongst the Tikhonites, as a pre-Great Schism Western Saint.

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Family

Viventiolus and his brother Rusticus [2] were the sons of Aquilinus (c. 430-c. 470), a nobleman of Lyon, and friend of Sidonius Apollinaris (c. 400). Aquilinus was a vicarius of a province in Gaul between 423 and 448 under Apollinaris, the father of Sidonius.

Through his paternal grandmother, Tullia, Viventiolus was the great-grandson of Saint Eucherius and his wife Gallia. His paternal grandfather was the son of Decimus Rusticus and his wife Artemia.

Career

Viventiolus was a monk of St. Oyend (St. Claude), in Jura, where he was elected prior. Avitus of Vienne recommended him for the See of Lyon. [2] In 517, he and Avitus presided over the Council of Epaone.

He is also the author of a book Life of the Jura Fathers , which described the beginnings of monasticism in that region. [3]

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References

  1. "CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Archdiocese of Lyon, France" . Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  2. 1 2 Avitus of Vienne, (Danuta Shanzer, Ian N. Wood, trans.), Liverpool University Press, 2002, ISBN   9780853235880, p. 266
  3. Mélanges d'archéologie et d'Histoire, 1898, vol.18 (M. l'abbé Duchesne sur Persee. 1898).fr

Bibliography

  • Bishop of Tours Gregory, Historia Francorum (The History of the Franks) (London, England: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1974).
  • Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915) (orig.), pp. clx-clxxxiii; List of Correspondents, Notes, V.ix.1.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Lyon
515–523
Succeeded by