A native of
Africa Proconsularis, he, together with
Saint Marcellin and
Saint Vincent, arrived in
Rome in 313 with North African bishops. There, the council assembled to judge the three
Donatists. After receiving the
mission of
Pope Melchiades, they went to
Nice, having consulted the bishops assembled in council at Arles in 314. They preached the
gospel to the inhabitants of the Italian side of the Alps, from the shores of the sea to
Vercelli, where they parted. Together with Saint Vincent, he decided to go preach in the
Alps, converting the most people into
Christianity in
Digne-les-Bains. It was reported that he publicly healed a great number of people and baptised five hundred people on the same day. In the early days of
Christianity, the missionaries became the first bishops in the main regions they evangelized in. He also took part in the evangelisation of the valley of
Ubaye. Canonized by the Catholic Church, he is celebrated locally in the Roman Martyrology on 5 November. == References ==