Auspicius of Toul

Auspicius of Toul (Latin: Auspicius Tullensis; French: Auspice de Toul; d.c.490?) was a 5th-century bishop of Toul, the fifth of those recorded, and a saint of the Roman Catholic church.[1] He was also a poet,[2] known for iambic verse based on stress (rather than quantity, as in the classical Latin prosody); this was an innovation of his time. A verse letter of his from around 470 to Arbogast, count of Trier, survives.[3]

  1. ^ A.D. Thiéry, Histoire de la ville de Toul et de ses évêques, suivie d'une notice de la cathédrale, vol. 1, Paris, Roret, 1841, p. 37.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Brandes, Des Auspicius von Toul Rhythmische Epistel an Arbogast von Trier, Wolfenbüttel, 1905
  3. ^ Penny MacGeorge, Late Roman Warlords (2002), p. 75