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[English Version] Verecundus, Bf. von Junca in der nordafrikanischen Provinz Byzacena, wurde 551 mit drei weiteren afrikanischen Bischöfen zum Kaiser Justinian I. nach Konstantinopel (: IV.,2.) zur Konzilsvorbereitung befohlen, nachdem sie auf einem Konzil in Karthago 550 gegen Justinians Verurteilung der sog. »Drei Kapitel« (Dreikapitel-Streit) protestiert und Papst Vigilius, der dieser Verurteilung zugestimmt hatte, aus der Kirchengemeinschaft ausgeschlossen hatten. Weiterhin nicht nachgebend, floh…

[English Version] von Autun (Anfang 4.Jh.), aus vornehmem Geschlecht, wurde als Witwer Bf. von Autun (Greg.T., In gloria confessorum miracula, 74) und beteiligte sich auf den Synoden in Rom 313 (Aug., Contra Iulianum, I 55; Eus.h.e. X 19) und Arles 314 (CChr.SL 148, 16,33) an der Verurteilung des Donatus (Donatismus). Überliefert sind Frgm. einer Schrift über die Taufe, evtl. »Adversus Novatianum« (Hier.vir.ill. 82) und eines Komm. zum Hhld (Hier.ep. 5; 37). Uta Heil Bibliography Werke: CPL 77/78 Über R.: E. Griffe, La Gaule chrétienne à l'époque romaine, Bd.1, 1964, 188–190.

[German Version] Verecundus of Junca, bishop of Junca in the North African province of Byzacena, was ordered to appear before Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople (IV, 2) in 551 along with three other African bishops in preparation for the council: at a council in Carthage in 550, they had protested against Justinian’s condemnation of the so-called Three Chapters (Three Chapters Controversy) and had excommunicated Pope Vigilius, who had agreed with the condemnation. Unwilling to submit, Verecundu…

[German Version] (c. 383, Toul – 478), like his brother Vincent, entered the monastery on Lérins Islands (426), after being married to Piminiola (the sister of Hilary of Arles). While on a trip to Troyes, he was elected bishop. Lupus's journey to England in 429 with Germanus of Auxerre on an anti-Pelagian mission, his efforts in the resistance to the destruction of Troyes by the Huns, and the five letters from Sidonius Apollinaris to Lupus show that he was an erudite personality. Uta Heil Bibliography N.K. Chadwick, Poetry and Letters in Early Christian Gaul, 1955.

[German Version] (early 4th cent.). Born to a distinguished family, Reticius became bishop of Autun after he was widowed (Greg. T. In gloria confessorum miracula, 74) and took part in synods in Rome (313; Aug. Contra Iulianum I 55; Eus. Hist. eccl. X 19) and Arles (314; CChr.SL 148 16.33) that condemned Donatus (Donatism). Fragments of a work on baptism, possibly Adversus Novatianum (Jer. Vir. ill. 82), and a commentary on the Song of Songs (Jer. Ep. 5; 37) have survived. Uta Heil Bibliography Works: CPL 77/78 On Reticius: E. Griffe, La Gaule chrétienne à l’époque romaine, vol. I, 1964, 18…

[German Version] (c. 515, Pannonia – 580, Braga, northern Portugal). Martin went to Palestine as a pilgrim and there became a monk. Around 550 he came to Gallaecia (Suevi), founded a monastery at Dumio, where he also became bishop when Dumio was elevated to an episcopal see by the Suevian king, who had been converted to Catholicism. At the first Council of Braga of the Suevian church in 561 he was still a participant, but as metropolitan of the Suevian church he presided over the second council in 572, whose ten canons dealt with the everyday life of the church. His best-known work, De correction…