Helladius of Auxerre (died 387) was a

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bishop of Auxerre The diocese of Auxerre ( la, dioecesis Antissiodorensis) is a former French Roman Catholic diocese. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy, now part of eastern France. Currently the non-metropolitan Archbishop of Sens, ...

. St. Amator (died 418) was ordained deacon and

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d by Helladius, which provides the earliest example of ecclesiastical tonsure mentioned in the religious history of

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. He is commemorated on May 8.
May 8
.'' The Roman Martyrology.

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