Aregius of Nevers

Aregius of Nevers (Aré) was bishop of Nevers between 548 and 558. He is known because he subscribed to the acts of the Fifth Council of Orléans, in 549, and of the Second Synod of Paris, in 551. According to a legendary tradition, at his death he asked to be placed in a boat and buried where the boat should stop. The boat went up the Loire and stopped at Decize, in the Nièvre department, where he was buried; the place is credited with many healings, and at Decize a church bears his name, Saint-⁠Aré. A saint of the undivided Church, venerated locally; our sources give no day of commemoration.