bishop of Lyon
The Archdiocese of Lyon (Latin: ''Archidiœcesis Lugdunensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Lyon''), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The Archbishops o ...
who exercised his office from 573 to sometime between 585 and 589.
History
Priscus succeeded
Nizier of Lyon
Saint Nicetius (Nicetus, Nicet or Nizier) (513 – 2 April 573) was Archbishop of Lyon, then Lugdunum, France, during the 6th century. He served from 552 or 553. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Life
Nicetius was descended ...
in 573. While his predecessor had advised Aetherius to take the diocese, King
Gontran
Saint Gontrand (c. 532 in Soissons – 28 March 592 in Chalon-sur-Saône), also called Gontran, Gontram, Guntram, Gunthram, Gunthchramn, and Guntramnus, was the king of the Kingdom of Orléans from AD 561 to AD 592. He was the third eldest and ...
named Priscus instead.
There is little information about Priscus' character, no evidence either of indignity, or of particular pastoral zeal. His metrical episcopal epitaph allows us to know that he came from the nobility and that he held political office before becoming a bishop.
One of his rare known actions is the meeting of a provincial council in 583 in Lyon. Also present were the bishops
Evantius of Vienne
Evantius of Vienne is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and a former bishop of Vienne in France.
Evantius, is mentioned in the Catalog of the bishops of Vienna produced by the bishop Adon of Vienne (799-875), in his Chronicle6, .Louis Duchesne, ...
,
Syagrius of Autun Saint Syagrius (french: Saint-Siacre, link=no; died 600 AD) was a bishop of Autun. His feast day is August 27 (September 2 in some martyrologies).
He was bishop of Autun from around 560 until his death and travelled to Nanterre with Guntram for th ...
Isaac I of Valence
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Valentinensis (–Diensis–Sancti Pauli Tricastinorum)''; French: ''Diocèse de Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux'') is a diocese of the La ...
,
Eusebius of Mâcon Saint Eusebius of Mâcon was a 6th-century bishop of Mâcon in France. newadvent.org.
He is known to have attended the
Agricola of Nevers Saint Agricola of Nevers (french: Agricole de Nevers; d. 594) was Bishop of Nevers from 580 to 26 February 594.
and
Veranus of Cavaillon
Saint Veranus of Cavaillon (french: Véran, ''Vrain''; it, Verano) (died c. 590) was a French saint, with a cultus in Italy. He was born at Vaucluse and was bishop of Cavaillon.
Gregory of Tours writes of miracles performed by Veranus, includin ...
. Among the decisions, the sixth and last canon decided to open at the expense of the bishop a
leprosarium
A leper colony, also known by many other names, is an isolated community for the quarantining and treatment of lepers, people suffering from leprosy. '' M. leprae'', the bacterium responsible for leprosy, is believed to have spread from East Af ...
in each city.Émile Poulat, « Gadille (Jacques) — Histoire des diocèses de France - Lyon », Archives de sciences sociales des religions, Persée, vol. 58, no 2, 1984, p. 259–260