Salonius of Embrun and Sagittarius of Gap were two bishops who had been condemned at the
Council of Lyon (). They were detained in Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon (near Chalon, eastern Gaul). They succeeded, however, in persuading
Guntram, King of Burgundy
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 ...
, that they had been condemned unjustly, and appealed to the pope. Influenced by the king's letters,
Pope John III decided that they must be restored to their
sees.
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References
6th-century Frankish bishops
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