Euphronius of Autun
Appearance
Saint Euphronius of Autun (died after 472) was a bishop of Autun[1] between 450 and 490.
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
Sources
- Nominis: Saint Euphrone (in French)