Saint Euphronius of Autun (died after 472) was a bishop of Autun between 450 and 490. According to Dom Basil Watkins OSB, Euphronius "was one of the greatest bishops of Gaul..."in the 5th century.Watkins OSB, Basil. "Euphronius of Autun", ''The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary'', Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015, p. 220

Life

He became bishop in 451 at the latest. Gregory of Tours reports that he had built a

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dedicated to

Saint Symphorian :''Symphorian is also the name of one of the Four Crowned Martyrs. For various places in France and Belgium, see Saint-Symphorien.'' Symphorian (Symphorianus, Symphorien), Timotheus (Timothy), and Hippolytus of Rome are three Christian martyrs ...

Autun Autun () is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Ro ...

. He was a friend of Bishop

Lupus of Troyes Saint Lupus (french: Loup, Leu, ( cy, Bleiddian) ( 383 – c. 478 AD) was an early bishop of Troyes. Around 426, the bishops in Britain requested assistance from the bishops of Gaul in dealing with Pelagianism. Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus were ...

. The letters of

Sidonius Apollinaris Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Sidonius Apollinaris (5 November of an unknown year, 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Sidonius is "the single most important surviving author from 5th-century Gaul ...

note that around the year 470 he accompanied the

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and other prelates to Chalon-sur-Saône to consecrate a new bishop. Also in 472, Sidonius wrote to him to attend the consecration of the new

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. In 453 Euphronius composed a letter, now lost, to the

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, Talasius. It is reproduced in the ''Concilia Antiquae Galliae''. Around 470, when Bishop Perpetuus of Tours was building a new church to house the remains of Martin of Tours, Euphronius sent marble for the cover of the saint's tomb.Van Dam, Raymond. ''Saints and Their Miracles in Late Antique Gaul'', Princeton University Press, 2011, p. 18
Euphronius was buried in the graveyard of the

Abbey of St. Symphorian, Autun The Abbey of St. Symphorian, Autun, (french: Abbaye Saint-Symphorien d'Autun) is a former abbey, later a priory, of Benedictine monks located outside the walls of Autun in Burgundy, France. History The abbey was named after Saint Symphorianus of ...

; his name is in the

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for August 3.

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Nominis: Saint Euphrone
{{Authority control Bishops of Autun 5th-century Christian saints Gallo-Roman saints Year of birth unknown