Feastday: May 8
Death: 387
Bishop of Auxerre, France, for three decades. He converted his successor, St. Amator, to the religious life.
Helladius of Auxerre (died 387) was a Christian bishop of Auxerre. St. Amator (died 418) was ordained deacon and tonsured by Helladius, which provides the earliest example of ecclesiastical tonsure mentioned in the religious history of France. He is commemorated on May 8.
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