Euphronius of Autun

Saint Euphronius of Autun (died after 472) was a bishop of Autun[1] between 450 and 490.

Autun Cathedral

He became bishop in 451 at the latest. Gregory of Tours[2] reports that he had built a church dedicated to Saint Symphorian in Autun. The letters of Sidonius Apollinaris[3] note that around the year 470 he accompanied the bishop of Lyon and other prelates to Chalon-sur-Saône to dedicate a new bishop. Also in 472, Sidonius wrote to him to attend the consecration of the new bishop of Bourges.

In 453 Euphronius composed a letter, now lost, to the bishop of Angers, Talasius. It is reproduced in the Concilia Antiquae Galliae.[4]

Euphronius was buried in the graveyard of the Abbey of St. Symphorian, Autun; his name is in the Roman Martyrology for August 3.

References
  1. I.-F. Grégoire et F.-L. Collombet, Œuvres de C. Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius, vol. II, Lyon, Impr.-libr. Rusand, 1836
  2. Histoire des Francs, II, 15
  3. Letters, vol. IV, n°25 ; vol. VII, n°8 ; vol. IX, n°2.
  4. Sirmond P. (1629), Christian Gaul. Literary History of France, Volume II, p. 465.

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