Saint Jacob of Toul

Be that as it may, raised to the episcopal see which he was to render even more respectable and holy, Jacob attended as bishop the Council of Compiègne in the concile de Compiègne Council held in 757 which Jacob attended. year 757; he subscribed to its acts in this manner: *Jacobus peccator subscripti*: I, Jacob, a sinner, have subscribed.

Only a few years later, according to Father Benoît Picard, Jacob is said to have retired to Gémonde, from where he went in 765 to the Council of Attigny, convened at the request of King Pepin. His name is found among those of the prelates who attended, as follows: *Jacobus episco pus de monasterio Ga monasterio Gammudina Abbey located on the Saar where Jacob retired. mmudina*.

Saint Peter Damian states clearly that Saint Jacob, Bishop of Toul, first chose a successor to replace him, and that he subsequently built a monastery in order to retire there.

This holy prelate was called, in 761, to the dedication of the church of Gorze. Later, he made the journey to Rome. On his return, he pa ssed Dijon City where the relics were temporarily hidden and disputed. through Dijon, to venerate the re lics of Saint saint Bénigne Missionary from Smyrna, apostle of Burgundy. Benignus, in the church of the monastery of that name. Received with honor by the religious, he was there attacked by a violent illness which, in a few days, led him to his passing, in the year 767 or 768. In accordance with the desire he had previously expressed, he was buried near the tomb of the holy Martyr whom he had come to visit.

Abbot Guillaume, of Nancy.