iles from
Langres, belongs to a priory of regular canons, and is famous out of
devotion to those saints, though great part of their relics was
translated by Hariolf, duke of Burgundy, and his brother Erlolf, bishop
of Langres, into Suabia, and remains in the noble collegiate church of
St. Guy, or St. Vitus, at El{}ange. These holy martyrs are secondary
patrons of the diocese of Langres, and titular saints of many churches
in France and Germany. See Chatelain Notes on Jan. 17, p. 313.

ST. SULPICIUS THE PIOUS, B.

ARCHBISHOP OF BOURGES.

THE church of Bourges in France was founded by St. Ursin, who was sent
from Rome to preach the faith in Gaul. St. Gregory of Tours, in his
history, places his mission in the middle of the third century,[1] yet
in his book on the Glory of Confessors,[2] he tells us that he was
ordained by the disciples of the apostles, and governed many years the
church of Bourges, which he had planted. He was interred in a common
burial-place in a field without the city; but his remains were
translated thence by St. Germanus, bishop of Paris, and abbot of St.
Symphorian's,[3] and by Probianus, bishop of Bourges, and deposited in
the church of St. Symphorian, now called St. Ursin's.[4] This saint is
honored in the Roman Martyrology on the 9th of November; at Lisieux, and
some other places, on the 29th of December. Among the most eminent of
his successors, two are called Sulpicius, and both surnamed Pious; the
first, who is sometimes called the Severe, sat from the year 584 to 591,
and his relics are enshrined in the church of St. Ursin.[5] His name was
inserted in the Roman Martyrology by Baronius, on the 29th of January,
and occurs in other more ancient calendars.[6]

Footnotes:
1. S. Gr. Tur. Hist. l. 1, c. 28.
2. L. de Gl. Conf. c. 80.
3. Fortunat. in Vita S. German Paris
4. Gallia Christ. nova, t. 2, p. 4.
5. See St. Greg. Turon. and Gallia Christ. nov. t. 2, p. 15.
6. See Benedict XIV. Litter. Apost. praefix. Martyr. Rom. Sec.46, p. 33.

ST. SULPICIUS II., ARCHBISHOP OF BOURGES,

SURNAMED LE DEBONNAIRE,

IS commemorated on this day in the Roman Martyrology. He was descended
of a noble family in Berry, and educated in learning and piety. His
large patrimony he gave to the church and poor; and being ordained
priest, served king Clothaire II. in quality of almoner and chaplain in
his armies; and on a time when he lay dangerously ill, restored him to
his health by prayer and fasting. In