Verus II

Holy Hierarch Verus II was bishop of Vienne in Gaul toward the end of the 6th century. He is called the second to distinguish him from the first bishop of the city, Verus I, of the 4th century.

He is mentioned in the catalogue of the bishops of Vienne compiled by Bishop Ado of Vienne (799-875) in his chronicle. According to the historian Ulysse Chevalier he came from a senatorial family. He was appointed to the see of Vienne in 586 by the Burgundian king Guntram, succeeding Bishop Evantius. He is said to have died in 596, about the year in which his successor, Desiderius, is mentioned in a letter of the pope. He is entered in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 13 January and is today honored in the diocese of Grenoble-⁠Vienne on 1 July, together with Saint Martin and all the holy bishops of Vienne. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.