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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 1, 46. Of the Bishops Nepotianus and Arthemius
Now the holy Nepotianus was reckoned the fourth bishop of Clermont.1 Envoys were at this time sent to Spain from Trèves, one of whom, Artemius, a man admirable for his wisdom and comeliness, and in the flower of his young manhood, was attacked by a violent fever. The rest went on, leaving him sick at Clermont: he had been betrothed at Trèves. After being visited by the holy Nepotianus and anointed with sacred oil, by the Lord’s grace he was restored to health. And having received the word of exhortation from the same holy man, he forgot alike his earthly betrothed and his own riches, and joined himself to holy Church. He became a cleric and advanced so far in holiness that he succeeded the holy Nepotianus in ruling the folds of the Lord’s flock.
Notes
- i. e. from Stremonius.