| Saint Eucherius of Lyon | |
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| Born | say 380 |
| Died | ca 449 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
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Saint Eucherius, bishop of Lyon, (born say 380 – died ca 449) was a high-born and high-ranking ecclesiastic in the Christian Church of Gaul. Events By Place Roman Empire January / February – Emperor Theodosius I is baptized. Events By Place Europe Vortigern forms an alliance with Hengest and Horsa, by tradition chieftains of the Jutes Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western He is remembered for his letters advocating extreme self-abnegation. Henry Wace ranked him "except perhaps St. The Very Reverend Henry Wace ( December 10, 1836 - January 9, 1924) was Principal of King's College London and Dean Irenaeus the most distinguished occupant of that see"[1]. Saint Irenaeus (Greek Ειρηναίος (2nd century AD - c 202 was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, Roman Empire (now Lyons France
On the death of his wife Gallia? (born say 390), as was a common 5th century practice, he withdrew for a time to the monastery of Lérins, founded by Saint Honoratus on the smaller of the two islands off Antibes, with his sons, Veranius and Salonius, to live a severely simple life of study and devote himself to the education of his sons. Events By Place Roman Empire In response to the murder of his general Butheric Theodosius I orders a massacre of the inhabitants of Lérins Abbey is a Cistercian Monastery on the island of Saint-Honorat, one of the Lérins Islands, on the French Riviera, with For the 7th century saint see Honoratus of Amiens. Saint Honoratus (ca Antibes ( Provençal Occitan: Antíbol in classical norm or Antibo in Mistralian norm is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes Soon afterward he withdrew further, however, to the neighbouring island of Lerona (now Sainte-Marguerite), where he devoted his time to study and mortification of the flesh. For the Christian metal band see Mortification (band. For the record label see Mortification Records. With the thought that he might join the anchorites in the deserts of the East, he consulted John Cassian, the famed hermit who had returned from the East to Marseille; Cassian responded with some of his Collationes, describing the daily lives of the hermits of the Egyptian Thebaid. Saint John Cassian (ca 360 – 435 ( Latin: Jo(hannes Eremita Cassianus, Joannus Cassianus, or Joannes Massiliensis) John the Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ The Thebaid or Thebais (Θηβαΐς or Θηβαΐδα is the region of Ancient Egypt containing the thirteen southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt It was at this time (ca 428) that Eucherius wrote his epistolary essay De laude Eremi ("In praise of hermits") addressed to Bishop Hilary of Arles. Saint Hilary of Arles (c 403-449 was a Bishop of Arles. In early youth he entered the Abbey of Lérins then presided over by his kinsman Honoratus
Though imitating the ascetic lifestyle of the Egyptian hermits, Eucherius kept in touch with men renowned for learning and piety: Cassian, Hilary of Arles, Honoratus, later Bishop of Marseille, Claudianus Mamertus, Sidonius Apollinaris and his kinsman Valerian, to whom he wrote his Epistola paraenetica ad Valerianum cognatum, de contemptu mundi ("Epistle to his kinsman Valerian, On the contempt of the world") an expression of the despair for the present and future of the world in its last throes shared by many educated men of Late Antiquity, with hope for a world to come: Erasmus thought so highly of its Latin style that he edited and published it at Basel (1520). Ascetic redirects here You might also be looking for Acetic acid. Claudianus Mamertus (died circa 473 was a Gallo-Roman theologian and the brother of St For the Franco-Irish saint see Sidonius of Saint-Saëns. Gaius Sollius (Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris Late Antiquity (c 300-600 is a Periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in
His Liber formularum spiritalis intelligentiae addressed to his son Veranius is a defence of the lawfulness of reading an allegorical sense in Scripture, bringing to bear the metaphors in Psalms and such phrases as "the hand of God" The term anagoge (ἀναγωγὴ) is employed for the application of Scripture to the heavenly Jerusalem to come, and there are other examples of what would become classic Medieval hermeneutics. An allegory (from αλλος allos "other" and el αγορευειν agoreuein "to speak in public" is a figurative mode of representation Psalms ( Hebrew: Tehilim, תהילים, or "praises" is a book of the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) included Anagoge is a Greek word suggesting a "climb" or "ascent" upwards Hermeneutics may be described as the development and study of Theories of the interpretation and understanding of texts
The fame of Eucherius was soon so widespread in southeastern Gaul that he was chosen bishop of Lyon. This was probably in 434; it is certain, at least that he attended the First Council of Orange (441) as Metropolitan of Lyon, and that he retained this dignity until his death. He was succeeded in the bishopric by his son Veranius, while his other son, Salonius, became Bishop of Geneva. Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking
Among Eucherius' other letters are his "Institutiones ad Salonium" addressed to his other son. Many homilies and other writings have been attributed to Eucherius.
By his wife Gallia? he was the father of Tullia of Lyon (Lugdunum) (born say 410), wife of a man of Lyon (Lugdunum) (b. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. This article is about the city in Gaul for other uses of Lugdunum see Lugdunum (disambiguation Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern Events By place Western Roman Empire Alaric I deposes Priscus Attalus as Emperor. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. This article is about the city in Gaul for other uses of Lugdunum see Lugdunum (disambiguation Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern ca 400) who was a son of Decimus Rusticus and wife Artemia, who was a Vicarius of a Province in Gaul under the father of Sidonius Apollinaris between 423 and 448, and they were the parents of Aquilinus (ca 430 – ca 470), Nobleman at Lyon (Lugdunum), schoolfellow and friend of Sidonius Apollinaris and the father of St. Viventiolus and his brother St. Rusticus, Archbishop of Lyon. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Italy is first invaded by Alaric (probable date Decimus Rusticus (sometimes Rusticus Decimus) of Treves (then Augusta Treverorum) and Lyon ( Lugdunum) (ca 370 &ndash before 423 Vicarius is a Latin word meaning substitute or deputy. It is the root and origin of the English word " Vicar " and Cognate to the Persian Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western For the Franco-Irish saint see Sidonius of Saint-Saëns. Gaius Sollius (Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris Events By Place Western Roman Empire On the death of Honorius, Joannes, a primicerius notariorum Events By Place Eastern Roman Empire Theodosius II sends an ambassador to Attila; Priscus records one of the few Events By Place Asia Feng Ba abdicates as emperor of the Northern Yan, one of the states vying for control of China Events By Place Europe Euric, king of the Visigoths, defeats an attempted invasion of Gaul by the Celtic ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. This article is about the city in Gaul for other uses of Lugdunum see Lugdunum (disambiguation Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern For the Franco-Irish saint see Sidonius of Saint-Saëns. Gaius Sollius (Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris Saint Viventiolus (Saint Vivientol (460 &ndash July 12, 524) was the Archbishop of Lyon, then Lugdunum, since the year of 514
External links
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Saint Eucherius of Lyons"
- Henry Wace, A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature: Eucherius
- Edgar Henneke in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Eucherius
- The World Contemned (De Contemptu mundi) (in English, translated by Henry Vaughan, 1654)
- De laude eremi (in Latin) at The Latin Library
References
- Salvator Pricoco, 1965. Henry Vaughan ( April 17, 1622 − April 28, 1695) was a Welsh Metaphysical poet and a Doctor The Latin Library is a website that collects Public domain Latin texts Eucherii De Laude eremi (University of Catania) This edition establishes the best, most recent Latin text.
- Bishop of Tours Gregory, Historia Francorum (The History of the Franks) (London, England: Penguin Books, Ltd. , 1974).
- Ford Mommaerts-Browne, "A Speculation".
- Christian Settipani, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne (France: Éditions Christian, 1989).
- Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915) (orig. ), pp. clx-clxxxiii; List of Correspondents, Notes, V. ix. 1.
Notes
- ^ Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
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