Eucherius
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Eucherius may refer to:
- Saint Eucherius of LyonEucherius of LyonSaint Eucherius, bishop of Lyon, was a high-born and high-ranking ecclesiastic in the Christian Church of Gaul. He is remembered for his letters advocating extreme self-abnegation. Henry Wace ranked him "except perhaps St. Irenaeus the most distinguished occupant of that see".On the death of his...
, 5th century bishop - Saint Eucherius of OrléansEucherius of OrléansSaint Eucherius of Orléans , nephew of Suavaric, bishop of Auxerre, was Bishop of Orléans.Reading the letters of Paul the Apostle led Eucehrius to seek the monastic life in 714, when he retired to the Abbey of Jumièges in the Diocese of Rouen. After seven years his uncle, Suavaric, Bishop of...
, 8th century bishop - Eucherius was the son of StilichoStilichoFlavius Stilicho was a high-ranking general , Patrician and Consul of the Western Roman Empire, notably of Vandal birth. Despised by the Roman population for his Germanic ancestry and Arian beliefs, Stilicho was in 408 executed along with his wife and son...
and was executed with his parents in 408