Gallicanus I was the seventh
bishop of Embrun
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Embrun was located in southeastern France, in the mountains of the Maritime Alps, on a route that led from Gap by way of Briançon to Turin. It had as suffragans the Diocese of Digne, Diocese of Antibes and Gras ...
. He was represented at the
Fourth Council of Arles
Arles (ancient Arelate) in the south of Roman Gaul (modern France) hosted several councils or synods referred to as ''Concilium Arelatense'' in the history of the early Christian church.
Council of Arles in 314
The first council of Arles"Arles ...
in 524, assisted in person at that of
Carpentras in 527 (where he subscribed to the canons in order of seniority), and attended the
Third Council of Vaison
The Council of Vaison refers to two separate synods consisting of officials and theologians of the Catholic Church which were held in or near to the Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Aven ...
in 529. He was perhaps also at the
Second Council of Orange in the same year. The councils of 524–29 were presided over by
Caesarius of Arles.
Sources
*Klingshirn, William E. ''Caesarius of Arles: The Making of a Christian Community in Late Antique Gaul''. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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6th-century Christian saints
Bishops of Embrun