Elpidius of Lyon

Elpidius of Lyon (m. Lyon, France, 422) also known as Helpidius^[1] was a Pre-Congregation Saint and 5th century bishop of Lyon.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][8][1]}

He succeeded Antiochus of Lyon as Bishop in 410AD and is well attested in the Episcopal lists and it was said of him that he well served his diocese,^[9] but outside of that nothing is known of his episcapate as his vita has been lost. His name was a common Roman cognomen.

He died of natural causes in 422 and his relics are lain in the Benedictine church of Sant Just, in Lyon.^[10][11] His feast day is 9 September.^[12]

He was succeeded by Sicarius of Lyon as Bishop.

References

1. Claude Du Lut BREGHOT, Catalogue Lyonnais worthy of remembrance (Techener, 1839) page 102-104.
2. David M. Cheney, Archdiocese of Lyon at Catholic heirachy.org.
3. Archdiocese of Lyon, France at Catholic Saints.info.
4. Lyons. at Newadvent.org.
5. Lyon. at GCatholic.org.
6. Philip T. Hoffman, Church and Community in the Diocese of Lyon, 1500–1789 (Yale University Press, 1984).M
7. Guillaume Paradin, Memoires De L'Histoire De Lyon (By Antoine Gryphius, 1573) p61
8. Étienne Joseph Poullin de Lumina, Histoire de l'église de Lyon (chez Joseph-Louis Berthoud, 1770)p 56.
9. "Elpidius Sicaire | Martyrs et Saints". martyretsaint.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
10. Pius XII, Martyrologium Romanum [Roman martyrology] (in Latin), (Rome, 1956), accessed October 28, 2011.
11. Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
12. Katherine Rabenstein I. (1998). "Saint of the Day: September 2» Saints of the Day.