LYON Evhery (Eucherius)

Evhery Lyons; Eucherius, mind. app. 450 g. AD, Latin Christian writer. Place of the Christian family. Received a good education. Ok. 427 g. Soon he was called bishop of Lyons (c.. 431). In 441 g. with his sons, the bishops took part in the synod in Orang. E. wrote 2 Work: Spiritual guidance (Formulae spiritualis inteligentae) - attempt allegorical retelling SW. Scripture and the teachings of two books Salons (Instructiones ad Salonium) - comments on the most difficult texts of the Bible with linguistic explanations. Both of these works are of great importance for the history of the Latin text of the Bible in the Middle Ages. E. is also the author of works agony akaneyskih righteous, describing the martyrdom of so-called Theban League (286) in the Akan (sovr. Saint-Moritz). A valuable document of the ascetic life in Gaul are two letters AE: Praise be to the desert (De laude eremi) and the contempt of the world and worldly philosophy (De contemptu mundi et saecularis philosophiae; 432 g.).