Nicetius of Lyon

Saint Nicetius of Lyon (Nizier, in Latin Nicetus), born in 513 and died on 2 April 573, was archbishop of Lyon in the sixth century, from 552 or 553. He came of an ancient noble family of Burgundy and received a learned and pious education. He was ordained priest by Agricola of Chalon-⁠sur-⁠Saône and was the nephew of Bishop Sacerdos of Lyon, whom he succeeded. He revived ecclesiastical chant in his diocese.

He received from the pope the title of patriarch. He judged secular as well as ecclesiastical cases and therefore came into conflict with the local count. He attended a council at Lyon between 567 and 570. He was pastor for twenty years. Miracles were attributed to him after his death; the church of Saint-⁠Nizier in Lyon bears his name. An early life of him is published in the Monumenta Germaniae Historica. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 2 April (new style; 15 April in the old style).