Little is known about her, but there were some "glowing"[3] references to her in the writings of Venantius Fortunatus; according to Gregory of Tours, her life was "blessed and holy".
[3] She was born in a Gallo-Roman family and was trained at John Cassian's foundation in Marseilles.
[2][4] The exact location of the convent is unknown, but it was probably built outside the walls of Arles in southern France, and remained there until the French Revolution in 1789.
[2] The nuns at St. Jean Convent spent their time in prayer, caring for the poor by washing and mending their clothes, doing menial work such as needlework, weaving, and transcribing books.
[3] Caesarius' contemporaries viewed the convent as "an ark of salvation for women in those stormy times";[7] the pope approved of and supported the work done there.