Crescentius of Vienne
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Crescens is the first known bishop of Vienne .[1]
Tradition in southern France hold him to be one of the seventy disciples reported by St. Paul. The tradition accepted by the Orthodox[2] and Roman churches is that
he was consecrated by the Apostle as Bishop of Ancyra in Galatia in Asia Minor. However, when the Apostle Paul went to Spain, Crescent followed him. Travelling through Gaul, he remained for a period of time as a missionary in Vienne and a wide area around it. However, he then handed over his now established diocese to his successor Zacharias and then returned to Ancyra.[3]
He was recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, his feast day is held on June 27.
Historicity
Despite the antiquity and widespread application of the tradition, a number of Modern scholars believe he is not the biblical Crescens[4] saying he lived a generation latter than Hadrian.[5][6]
Though he may have been the evangelist of Vienne and its first legendary bishop.
Some French scholars[7][8]doubt his existence. Though these scholars have often taken a skeptical position.
References
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/vien1.htm#58630 Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vienne]. GCatholic.org.
- ^ http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oefranc3.htm
- ^ http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oefranc3.htm
- ^ Fenlon, John Francis. "Crescens." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908.
- ^ Andre Pelletier, Vienna, Vienne, Presses universitaires de Lyon, coll. « Gallia¦ civitates », 2001, 188 p. (ISBN 978-2-7297-0677-7, lp. 161-162.
- ^ Rene Poupardin, Le Royaume de Provence sous les Carolingiens, 855-933, Paris, Librairie Ãemile Bouillon, 1901, , p. 251-254, Appendice 8.
- ^ Documents inedits relatifs au Dauphine, Grenoble (Impr. de Prudhomme), vol. II, 1868 , pp. 1-13.
- ^ Andre Pelletier, Vienna, Vienne, Presses universitaires de Lyon, coll. « Galliæ civitates », 2001, 188 p. (ISBN 978-2-7297-0677-7, p. 163.