Saint Hesychius or Isicius ( French: Isice or Hésychius; died c. 490) was a bishop of Vienne in the Dauphiné, France. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Hesychius or Isicius (occasionally also Isique [1] or Ysile [2]) is mentioned in the first extant list of the bishops of Vienne, the Catalogue of bishop Ado of Vienne (799-875) [3] [4] [5] [6]
He married Audentia, with whom he had two sons, Avitus, his successor in the episcopal seat of Vienne, and Apollinaris of Valence, who became bishop of Valence. [1] [7] He was apparently related to Sidonius Apollinaris, [7] prefect of Rome and later bishop of Clermont.
According to the historian Bernard Bligny (1979), Hesychius belonged to "one of the principal Gallo-Roman families of 'Bourgogne', the Hesychii, a branch of the Syagrii", of whom several members were bishops of Vienne (three) and Grenoble (four). [8]
According to tradition, confirmed at least in part by the historian Ulysse Chevalier in his Notice chronologico-historique sur les archevêques de Vienne (1879), Hesychius was a senator before governing the diocese of Vienne. [1] [3] The Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse states that he was descended from a family of the senatorial nobility and was closely related to the Emperor Avitus. [7]
In his Chronique (VI) Bishop Ado mentions Hesychius as the reigning bishop when Saint Severus of Vienne dedicated a church in Vienne at the time of the death of Saint Germanus of Auxerre. [5] [3] Lucas however maintains that whereas the dedication must have taken place in 448 and Severus' death in 450, Hesychius' episcopacy was later, probably between 475 and 490. [6]
Hesychius seems to have died in about 490; [3] his son Avitus succeeded him as bishop of Vienne. [7]
Saint Hesychius occurs in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum under the date of 16 March. [5] [3] (The website Nominis.cef.fr gives for Saint Ysile the date of 15 March). [2] He is also celebrated in the diocese of Grenoble-Vienne on 1 July , together with Saint Martin and all the bishop saints of Vienne. [9]
Saint Hesychius or Isicius ( French: Isice or Hésychius; died c. 490) was a bishop of Vienne in the Dauphiné, France. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Hesychius or Isicius (occasionally also Isique [1] or Ysile [2]) is mentioned in the first extant list of the bishops of Vienne, the Catalogue of bishop Ado of Vienne (799-875) [3] [4] [5] [6]
He married Audentia, with whom he had two sons, Avitus, his successor in the episcopal seat of Vienne, and Apollinaris of Valence, who became bishop of Valence. [1] [7] He was apparently related to Sidonius Apollinaris, [7] prefect of Rome and later bishop of Clermont.
According to the historian Bernard Bligny (1979), Hesychius belonged to "one of the principal Gallo-Roman families of 'Bourgogne', the Hesychii, a branch of the Syagrii", of whom several members were bishops of Vienne (three) and Grenoble (four). [8]
According to tradition, confirmed at least in part by the historian Ulysse Chevalier in his Notice chronologico-historique sur les archevêques de Vienne (1879), Hesychius was a senator before governing the diocese of Vienne. [1] [3] The Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse states that he was descended from a family of the senatorial nobility and was closely related to the Emperor Avitus. [7]
In his Chronique (VI) Bishop Ado mentions Hesychius as the reigning bishop when Saint Severus of Vienne dedicated a church in Vienne at the time of the death of Saint Germanus of Auxerre. [5] [3] Lucas however maintains that whereas the dedication must have taken place in 448 and Severus' death in 450, Hesychius' episcopacy was later, probably between 475 and 490. [6]
Hesychius seems to have died in about 490; [3] his son Avitus succeeded him as bishop of Vienne. [7]
Saint Hesychius occurs in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum under the date of 16 March. [5] [3] (The website Nominis.cef.fr gives for Saint Ysile the date of 15 March). [2] He is also celebrated in the diocese of Grenoble-Vienne on 1 July , together with Saint Martin and all the bishop saints of Vienne. [9]