Simplicius of Vienne

Saint Simplicius of Vienne (French: Simplice de Vienne), otherwise Simplides (French: Simplide), was a bishop of Vienne in the Dauphiné, France, from around the end of the fourth century and the beginning of the fifth century.[1][2] He is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church.[3]

Archbishop Léger, in his Episcopal Book, also places the bishop between 275 and 283.[4]

Simplicius apparently attended the Council of Turin which probably took place in either 398 or 400.[2] Gregory of Tours cites a lost letter of Paulinus of Nola (died 431)[5] as having praised Simplicius, considering him "one of the most worthy bishops of his time".[2] <refUlysse Chevalier, Notice chronologico-historique sur les archevêques de Vienne : d'après des documents paléographiques inédits, Vienne, 1879, 18 p. ( lire enligne [archive]), pp. 6-7.</ref>He was a signatory to the Council of Turin[6][7]

During his time A depute arose over the issue of diocesan seniority.[8]The issue of metropolitan status was settled by Pope Zosimus [9]in a letter of 29 September 417 to the bishops of Vienne and the Province of Gallia Narbonensis Secunda, declaring that the archbishop of Arles was the metropolitan, not Proculus of Marseille or Simplicius of Vienne!

He was bishop in what is now Isère, France, for 19 years, till he was Martyred by pagan Germans.[10] He is considered a Pre-Congregation saint by the Roman Catholic Church.[11] His feast day is celebrated on 11 February.

References
  1. Metropolitan GCatholic.org: Archdiocese of Vienne.
  2. Louis Duchesne, Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule. Provinces du Sud-Est (tome premier), vol. 3, Paris, Thorin et fils, 1894, p. 146 (online version)
  3. Santiebeati.it: San Simplicio di Vienne
  4. Gerard Lucas, Vienna in greek and Latin texts: Literary chronicles on the history of the city, from the Allobroges to the end of the Ve century ad, MOM Éditions, coll. « Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée », 2018, 345 p. (ISBN 978-2-35668-185-0, read online [ archive]), pages 247-270 :
  5. Book 2, chapter 13
  6. Louis Duchesne, Episcopal Splendor of Ancient Gaul. Provinces du Sud-Est (tome premier), vol. 3, Paris, Thorin et fils, 1894, 356 p. ( readonline [archive]), pp. 145-146.
  7. Gerard Lucas, Vienna in greek and Latin texts: Literary chronicles on the history of the city, from the Allobroges to the end of the Ve century ad, MOM Éditions, coll. « Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée », 2018, 345 p.
  8. Louis Duchesne, Episcopal Splendor of Ancient Gaul. Provinces du Sud-Est (tome premier), vol. 3, Paris, Thorin et fils, 1894, 356 p. ( readonline [archive]), pp. 183-185.
  9. Ulysse Chevalier, Regeste dauphinois, ou Répertoire chronologique et analytique des documents imprimés et manuscrits relatives à l'histoire du Dauphiné, des origines chrétiennes à l'année 1349 (Tome I, Fascicules I-III), Impr. valentinoise, 1912 ( lire enligne [archive]), p. 13
  10. Philipp Jaffé (1885). Regesta pontificum Romanorum: ab condita Ecclesia ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII (in Latin). Tomus I (altera ed.). Leipzig: Veit. pp. 49, no. 334.
  11. https://catholicsaints.info/tag/bishop-of-vienne-france/

Further reading
  • André Pelletier, Vienna, Vienne, Presses universitaires de Lyon, coll. "Galliæ civitates", 2001, pp. 161–162 (ISBN 9782729706777)
  • Gérard Lucas, Vienne dans les textes grecs et latins: Chroniques littéraires sur l'histoire de la cité, des Allobroges à la fin du Ve siècle de notre ère, MOM Éditions, coll. "Travaux de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée", 2018 (ISBN 9782356681850), pp. 247–270: Adon de Vienne, Chronique, principally the "Tableau récapitulatif de la liste des évêques de Vienne jusqu'à Avit" (online version)
  • Ulysse Chevalier, Notice chronologico-historique sur les archevêques de Vienne: d'après des documents paléographiques inédits, Vienne, 1879, p. 9 (online version)


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