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Euphronius of Autun

Saint Euphronius of Autun (died after 472) was a bishop of Autun between 450 and 490.

He became bishop in 451 at the latest. Gregory of Tours reports that he had built a church dedicated to Saint Symphorian in Autun. The letters of Sidonius Apollinaris note that around the year 470 he accompanied the bishop of Lyon and other prelates to Chalon-sur-SaƓne to dedicate a new bishop. Also in 472, Sidonius wrote to him to attend the consecration of the new bishop of Bourges.

In 453 Euphronius composed a letter, now lost, to the bishop of Angers, Talasius. It is reproduced in the Concilia Antiquae Galliae.

Euphronius was buried in the graveyard of the Abbey of St. Symphorian, Autun; his name is in the Roman Martyrology for August 3.

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Euphronius of Autun Wikipedia