Rusticus of Lyon

Saint Rusticus of Lyon (about 455 to 25 April 501) was archbishop of Lyon from 494 until April 501, successor of Saint Lupicinus. He was the son of the nobleman Aquilinus of Lyon, and his brother was Saint Viventiolus; through his grandmother Tullia he descended from Saint Eucherius. For many years he was a magistrate. Around 494 he succeeded Lupicinus in the see. Shortly after his consecration he sent financial aid to Pope Gelasius I; Gelasius wrote back in February 494, recommending Epiphanius of Pavia, who was on his way to Gaul to see to the ransom of certain captives held by the Burgundian king Gundobad. According to Ennodius, among those freed were four hundred from Lyon. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 25 April (new style; 8 May in the old style).