A nobleman married before becoming Bishop of Sens in 579, Saint Arthème is known for having converted the great Spanish criminal Bond. He died in 609 after thirty years of episcopate and was buried in the church of Saint-Pierre.
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SAINT ARTHÈME, BISHOP OF SENS (609).
Origins and episcopate
Coming from the nobility, Arthème was married and a father before being consecrated bishop in 579.
Coming from a noble family of the region, Arthème Bishop of Sens in the 6th and 7th centuries. Arthème was bound by the ties of marriage before being promoted to episcopal functions, and had among his children the pious Eulosie Eulosie Daughter of Saint Artemius who became a nun. who took the veil. The consecration of Arthème took place on April 23, 579.
Conversion of Saint Bond
Bishop Arthème guides the conversion of a Spanish criminal named Bond, who becomes a holy hermit on the banks of the Yonne.
He received into public penance a Spaniard named Bon d (Baldus), a Bond (Baldus) 7th-century penitent from the region of Sens. nd from a great criminal made him a great Saint. Until a few years ago, one could still see, on the left bank of the Yonne, at the summit of a mountain, the ruins of the hermitage where Saint Bond live saint Bond 7th-century penitent from the region of Sens. d and died, after seven years of terrifying austerities.
Death and burial
Saint Artemius died in 609 and was buried in the church of Saint-Pierre.
Saint Artemiu Saint Arthème Bishop of Sens in the 6th and 7th centuries. s passed from life to death on April 28, 609, and was interr ed in the church of église Saint-Pierre Church restored by Anastasius. Saint-Pierre.
Bibliographic sources
Reference to the work of the France pontificale for the study of this life.
See F rance pontificale, France pontificale A reference historical work on the bishops of France. Rapoc Rapoc Publisher mentioned for the work France pontificale. . ed.
Annexes & related entities
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Key Events
- Marriage before entering the clergy
- Episcopal consecration on April 23, 579
- Reception of the Spaniard Bond (Baldus) into public penance
- Death and burial in the church of Saint-Pierre in 609