Euphronius of Autun


Saint Euphronius of Autun was a bishop of Autun between 450 and 490.
He became bishop in 451 at the latest. Gregory of Tours reports that he had built a church dedicated to Saint Symphorian in Autun. The letters of Sidonius Apollinaris note that around the year 470 he accompanied the bishop of Lyon and other prelates to Chalon-sur-Saône to dedicate a new bishop. Also in 472, Sidonius wrote to him to attend the consecration of the new bishop of Bourges.
In 453 Euphronius composed a letter, now lost, to the bishop of Angers, Talasius. It is reproduced in the Concilia Antiquae Galliae.
Euphronius was buried in the graveyard of the Abbey of St. Symphorian, Autun; his name is in the Roman Martyrology for August 3.