A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.
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…eight years in holy orders, he was elected in his room, and was consecrated by Genevius II., archbishop of Dol. When aged eighty-seven he resigned the see to Diles, and retired to a hermitage on the river Aouste, where he died.
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…eight years in holy orders [ordination; “orders” means the sacrament by which deacons, priests and bishops are ordained], he was elected in his room, and was consecrated by Genevius II., archbishop of Dol. When aged eighty-seven he resigned the see to Diles, and retired to a hermitage on the river Aouste, where he died.
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From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.