Saint Simplicius of Autun

However, a certain number of years passed, and the holy bishop of Autun, Egem Autun Burgundian diocese associated with the saint's burial. on , came Égémone Predecessor of Simplicius on the episcopal see of Autun. to die. All eyes then turned spontaneously toward Simplicius; no one was judged more worthy than he to receive the inheritance of a Saint, more capable of repairing the loss that the Church of Autun had just suffered.

He indeed became one of the first of those eminent bishops who then began to play, not only in the religious order, but also in the social and civil order, a role so great, so useful, so salutary.

Nevertheless, as he had deemed it appropriate to keep with him, after his ordination, the one he regarded less as a wife than as a sister, not believing he should inflict upon her heart a useless, unjust, and cruel wound by removing her from his house, he could not escape the arrows of slander.

The inhabitants of the pagan city made a tumultuous demonstration against him on Christmas Day; but God himself took into his own hands the cause of his servant.

His virtuous wife, frightened, first tried to dissuade the people, then suddenly, moved as if by a heavenly inspiration, she spread her cloak, received into it, and also had deposited into a fold of Simplicius's cloak, burning coals before the eyes of all this gathered and agitated crowd. The fire respected the garments that covered these chaste bodies; immediately everyone cried miracle, and more than a thousand people, converted at the sight of this prodigy, asked for and received baptism.

Another miracle performed by the holy bishop opened the eyes of a great number of pagans and led them to abandon forev er the cult of culte de Cybèle Local pagan cult opposed by Simplicius. Cybele, which was held in great veneration among them.

Simplicius had friendly relations with S aint Amator, saint Amateur Hermit of Quercy identified with the biblical Zacchaeus. Bishop of A uxerre; Auxerre City and episcopal see of the saint. he signaled, through the consecration of a chapel in honor of Sai nt Symphorian, h saint Symphorien Martyr of Autun under whose patronage the monastery is placed. is piety toward this first martyr of Autun.

It is commonly believed that he attende d the Council of C concile de Cologne Council held against the Arian Euphratas. ologne held against t he Arian Euphrate Arian bishop condemned at the Council of Cologne. Eu phrates; Saint saint Athanase Patriarch of Alexandria, defender of orthodoxy against Arianism. Athanasius counts him among those who, for the defense of his innocence and that of his faith, s ubscribed to the Co concile de Sardique Council held in 347 for the defense of the orthodox faith. uncil of Sardica; he also took part in the synode de Valence Synod held in 374 regarding ecclesiastical discipline. Synod of Valence, held in 374, for the maintenance of ecclesiastical discipline.

The final years of his episcopate were troubled by the dreadful disasters that struck his diocese, when a swarm of Vandals, eme rging fr Vandales Barbarian people responsible for the saint's martyrdom. om the North, filled the territory of Autun with ruins and carnage.

Finally, after a long episcopate marked by countless conversions that finished making the country Christian, he died full of days and merits and came to take his place beside his predecessors. His body was placed in a tomb that was still preserved in the last century in the church of Saint-Pierre-l'Étrier.

A portion of his relics was long preserved in the abbey of Andoche and at Va l-de-Grâce, in P abbaye d'Andoche Location where a portion of the relics is preserved. aris.

Proper of Au Val-de-Grâce A site for the preservation of relics in Paris. tun; — Cf Paris Place of birth, ministry, and death of the saint. . Dinet, Saint Symphorien et son culte.