Born in
North Africa of
Berber descent, like his predecessor
Saint Domnin, he, together with
Saint Marcellin and
Saint Domnin, 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 Domnin, he decided to go preach in the
Alps, converting the most people into
Christianity in
Digne-les-Bains. In the early days of
Christianity, the missionaries became the first bishops in the main regions they evangelized in. He was part of the first teams of missionaries sent to evangelise
Provence. == Notes ==