Saint Justus of Lyons

Memorial

• 2 September
• 14 October

Profile

Deacon at Vienne, France. Bishop of Lyons, France in 374. Presided over the Council of Aquileia in 381. Opposed Arianism. Friend of Saint Ambrose. When a violently insane criminal sought sanctuary in the cathedral after attacking people in the street, yet was still killed by an avenging mob, Justus, along with his assistant Saint Viator, left his see in disillusion. The two spent the rest of their days as prayerful hermits in the desert near Alexandria, Egypt.

Born

• at Vivarais, Gaul (in modern France)

Died

• 390 in the Egyptian desert of natural causes
• relics returned to Lyon, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Catholic Online
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Omer Englebert
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Justus of Lyon”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 August 2010. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-justus-of-lyon/>