Justus of Lyon | |
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 Statue of Saint Justus atop the church dedicated to him, Lyon | |
| Abbot, Hermit | |
| Born | early 4th century |
| Died | 389 Scetes (present-day Wadi El Natrun, Egypt) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | Church of Saint-Just, Lyon |
| Feast | 2 September |
Justus of Lyon (Latin: Iustus, lit. '"one who helps"') was the 13th Bishop of Lyon.[1][2] He succeeded Verissimus in the mid-4th century. He is venerated as a saint by both the Catholic[3] and the Orthodox Church, with a feast day on 2 September. Around 350, Justus was made Bishop of Lyon. As bishop of the capital of Gaul, he was among the participants of the Council of Valence of 374 regarding religious discipline of the clergy and the faithful. He later became a hermit.
- ^ Guillaume Paradin, Memoires De L'Histoire De Lyon (By Antoine Gryphius, 1573) p.61
- ^ Étienne Joseph Poullin de Lumina (1770). Histoire de l'église de Lyon [Church history of Lyon] (in French). Joseph-Louis Berthoud. p. 56.
- ^ Archdiocese of Lyon, France at Catholic Saints.info.