Saint Florenci de Viena

Florentius of Vienne (Gaul, 4th century) was a bishop of Vienne in the Dauphiné. He is venerated as a saint by various Christian denominations. There is no information about his life other than the inscription confirming that he attended the Council of Valence in 374 as Bishop of Vienne. A later, unfounded legend appears in the episcopal book of Leodegarius and has been transmitted by martyrologies. According to this account, Florentius lived under the emperors Gordian, Philip, Decius, Gallus, and Volusianus, and died a martyr in exile. His name already appears in the Martyrology of Saint Jerome, assigned to January 3.