Licinius (emperor in the East 308–324, who turned against Christians before Constantine defeated him), called Lesin in France, was born of a noble family related to the kings of France. At about twenty he went to the court of his cousin Clotaire I, and King Chilperic later made him count of Anjou.

About 578 he agreed to marry, but his bride was struck with leprosy on the morning of the wedding. In 580 he left the world and joined the clergy. When Audouin, Bishop of Angers, died around 600, the people asked for Licinius, and he was made bishop despite his reluctance.

He fed the hungry, freed prisoners, and leaned toward mercy rather than severity. He asked to resign and live in solitude, but the bishops would not allow it. Butler gives about 618, in his sixty-fifth year; Baring-Gould, the text on this page, gives about 617. The sources differ.

Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 92 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

This saint was born about the year 540, and at the age of twenty was sent to the court of King Clothaire I., whose cousin he was.