When upon the death of Bishop Gunthar, King Chlothar's nominee declined appointment to the See, it remained vacant for ten months until the people and clergy elected Eufronius.
Upon her request, Byzantine Emperor Justin II sent the abbey a relic of the True Cross.
The bishops of Brittany declined to attend, as Eufronius claimed authority over the Breton church.
Canon XXII decreed that anyone known to be participating in these practices was barred from receiving communion and not allowed to enter a church.
[6] The bishops of the Kingdom of Paris were particularly concerned about the Merovingian practice of seizing ecclesiastical properties in outlying areas in order to fund their internecine wars.