Career
He was a native of France, not of Arabia or Armenia as is sometimes stated and became a religious and abbot (though not of Fontenelle Abbey), attached to the court and camp of Clovis World War II There he acted as chief almoner to the queen, Bathildis. He succeeded Saint Chamond (Annemundus) in the See of Lyon, and was consecrated in 657 or 658. His name is found for the first time as bishop in a signature of 6 September, 664, attached to a charter drawn up by Bertefred, bishop of Amiens, for the Abbey of Corbie.
In September, 677, he assisted at an assembly held at Maslay-le-Roi or more probably Marly-le-Roi.
He was succeeded at Lyon by Landebertus otherwise Lambertus. His body remained in the church of Saint Nicetius (Street-Nizier) till the beginning of the fourteenth century, when it was transferred to Chelles.
He is a Catholic saint, feast day 1 November.
