Sacerdos of Lyon
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Saint Sacerdos of Lyon (487 – September 12, 551) is a French
saint whose Feast Day is September 12. He was Archbishop of Lyon, France
from 544 to September 12, 551. He was the son of St. Rusticus
, Archbishop of Lyon, and wife.
His son Saint Aurelianus
was an Archbishop of Arles.
His nephew Nicetius of Lyon
(Nizier) succeeded him as Archbishop of Lyon. He presided at the Fifth Council of Orléans
in 549 and is remembered as an adviser to Childebert I
.
France
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saint whose Feast Day is September 12. He was Archbishop of Lyon, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
from 544 to September 12, 551. He was the son of St. Rusticus
St. Rusticus, Archbishop of Lyon
Saint Rusticus was the Archbishop of Lyon, since the year of 494, the successor of Saint Lupicinus of Lyon . Later canonized, his Feast Day is 25 April...
, Archbishop of Lyon, and wife.
His son Saint Aurelianus
Saint Aurelianus
Saint Aurelianus or Saint Aurelien is a French saint whose Feast Day is June 16. He was Archbishop of Arles, then known as Arelate, from 546 to June 16, 551.He was the author of a monastic rule, the Regula ad monachos....
was an Archbishop of Arles.
His nephew Nicetius of Lyon
Nicetius of Lyon
Saint Nicetius was Archbishop of Lyon, then Lugdunum, France, during the 6th century. He served from 552 or 553. He was ordained as a priest by Agricola, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne. He was the nephew of Saint Sacerdos, bishop of Lyon, and his successor. He revived ecclesiastical chant in his...
(Nizier) succeeded him as Archbishop of Lyon. He presided at the Fifth Council of Orléans
Fifth Council of Orléans
The Fifth Council of Orléans assembled nine archbishops and forty-one bishops. Sacerdos of Lyon presided over this council.After defending Mark, Bishop of Orléans, from attacks made upon him, it pronounced an anathema against the errors of Nestorius and Eutyches, it prohibited simony, prescribed...
in 549 and is remembered as an adviser to Childebert I
Childebert I
Childebert I was the Frankish king of Paris, a Merovingian dynast, one of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of the Franks upon their father's death in 511...
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