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

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 Claude Du Lut BREGHOT, Catalogue Lyonnais worthy of remembrance (Techener, 1839) page 102-104.
  2. ↑ David M. Cheney, Archdiocese of Lyon at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  3. ↑ Archdiocese of Lyon, France at Catholic Saints.info.
  4. ↑ Lyons. at Newadvent.org.
  5. ↑ Lyon. at GCatholic.org.
  6. ↑ Philip T. Hoffman, Church and Community in the Diocese of Lyon, 1500–1789 (Yale University Press, 1984).M
  7. ↑ Guillaume Paradin, Memoires De L'Histoire De Lyon (by Antoine Gryphius, 1573) p61
  8. ↑ Étienne Joseph Poullin de Lumina, Histoire de l'église de Lyon (chez Joseph-Louis Berthoud, 1770)p 56.
  9. ↑ "Elpidius Sicaire | Martyrs et Saints". martyretsaint.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ Pius XII, Martyrologium Romanum [Roman martyrology] (in Latin), (Rome, 1956), accessed October 28, 2011.
  11. ↑ Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
  12. ↑ Katherine Rabenstein I. (1998). "Saint of the Day: September 2» Saints of the Day.
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