Helladius of Auxerre explained

Saint Helladius of Auxerre
Titles:	Bishop of Auxerre
Death Date:	387
Feast Day:	8 May
Honored In:	Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Patronage:	Auxerre, France

Helladius of Auxerre (died 387) was the bishop of Auxerre for thirty years from 357 until his death.^[1] St. Amator (died 418) was converted to Christianity, ordained a deacon and tonsured by Helladius,^[2] which provides the earliest example of ecclesiastical tonsure mentioned in the religious history of France.^[3]

He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, being commemorated on 8 May.^{[4] [5]}

Sources

• Catholic Encyclopedia, s.v. Diocese of Sens

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=yzqOCgAAQBAJ&dq=Helladius+of+Auxerre&pg=PA304 Watkins, Basil. The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015, p. 304
2. Web site: Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome . 2024-08-05 . www.orthodoxengland.org.uk.
3. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13716a.htm Goyau, Georges. "Sens." The Catholic Encyclopedia
4. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἑλλάδιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ὡξέρρης. 8 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. May 8 . The Roman Martyrology.