Festus

Saint Festus (also called Sextus) was bishop of Valence toward the end of the fourth century, when Valence belonged to the Western Roman Empire, in the province of Gallia Lugdunensis. Chrocus, one of the Alemannic kings of that name, tortured him to death. Festus was venerated at Valence as martyr and saint, as was later recorded at Avignon. His successor in the see was Maximus I.