He came from a rich and distinguished family, but gave up great worldly prospects to live as a hermit on the Îles de Lérins in the Mediterranean off the coast of southern Gaul.

[4] However, Venantius died at Methoni, Messenia, and Caprasius and Honoratus cut short their voyage.

According to one scholar, Caprasius may not have been the official leader of the community at Lérins, since he may have been advanced in years at this time or else lacked the charisma of Honoratus.

[4] His relics are preserved in the Abbey of San Caprasio in Aulla in north Tuscany.

The monastery was established by the Benedictine order as a hostel on the Via Francigena, the pilgrimage route to Rome.