ON SS. EUSEBIUS THE PRESBYTER, AND AVITUS THE DEACON.
OF AUXERRE IN GAUL.
CommentaryEusebius the Presbyter, of Auxerre in Gaul (St.)
Avitus the Deacon, of Auxerre in Gaul (St.)
G. H.
[1] The memory of these has been preserved in the ancient Martyrologies. Of these is some Roman of Cardinal Barberini, with which we collated the genuine Martyrology of Bede, published before volume 2 of March: another is the Trier of the ancient monastery of S. Maximin; and the third which S. Notker Balbulus wrote: In these are read these things: At Auxerre the deposition of SS. Eusebius the Presbyter and Avitus the Deacon. The festivity of the same Saints is celebrated in four transcripts of the Hieronymian Martyrology, but augmented in this part: and indeed in the most ancient Echternach are these things: In the city of Auxerre the deposition and translation of SS. Eusebius Presbyter and Aurei Deacon. But in Lucensi and Blumiano it is read thus: At Auxerre the deposition and translation of the bodies of the holy Confessors Eusebius the Presbyter and Avitus the Deacon. The same, with only the name of deposition omitted, are reported in the MS. Corbiensi printed at Paris. So far what in these seven Martyrologies we have found we propose to the people of Auxerre, that if any to these testimonies they should find should be added, they may deign for the honor of their Church to make manifest.