Trifsorich or Trisorik of Toul (died 532) was the 9th

bishop of Toul The Diocese of Toul was a Roman Catholic diocese seated at Toul in present-day France. It existed from 365 until 1802. From 1048 until 1552 (''de jure'' until 1648), it was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire. History The diocese was erect ...

. Trifsorich succeeded Albaud of Toul in 525, but very little is known about him.

Biography

When

Theuderic I __NOTOC__ Theuderic I (c. 485 – 533/34) was the Merovingian king of Metz, Rheims, or Austrasia—as it is variously called—from 511 to 533 or 534. He was the son of Clovis I and one of his earlier wives or concubines (possibly a Franco- ...

, king of

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and son of

Clovis I Clovis ( la, Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: ; – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single kin ...

, ordered a special tax to be levied on all cities of his states, the bishop Trifsorich, aware that Toul would be unable to produce the sum demanded, as recent wars had exhausted its resources, resolved to ask the king for relief. He therefore sent to him one of his

deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the Catholic Churc ...

s, who so eloquently explained the position of the city that the king waived its entire contribution.A.D. Thiéry, Histoire de la ville de Toul et de ses évêques, suivie d'une notice de la cathédrale, vol. 1, (Paris, Roret, 1841), p50. Trifsorich died in 532 and was buried at the Abbey of St. Evre, Toul. His successor was Dulcitius.

References

6th-century bishops in Gaul 532 deaths People from Toul Year of birth unknown {{France-bishop-stub