Eucherius of Lyon

A Gallic aristocrat who withdrew to Lerins and later became bishop of Lyon (ca. 435). His books on the senses of Scripture and his letter in praise of the desert shaped later monastic and biblical study in Gaul.

Dates

ca. 380-ca. 449 (approximate)

See or city

Lyon

Region

Gaul

Works

• Formulae of Spiritual UnderstandingFormulae spiritalis intellegentiae · ca. 420-430
• InstructionsInstructionum libri duo · ca. 428-434
• In Praise of the DesertDe laude eremi (Epistula de laude heremi) · ca. 427-428
• The Passion of the Martyrs of AgaunumPassio Acaunensium martyrum · ca. 443-450
• Letter to Valerian on Contempt of the WorldEpistola paraenetica ad Valerianum cognatum de contemptu mundi et saecularis philosophiae · ca. 432