Porcarius I

He appointed him cellarer, but late removed him from this office when the other monks complained that he was enforcing a standard of asceticism more rigorous than the abbot's.

Sometime before 499 (possibly as early as 495), Caesarius' health declined, owing to his ascetic practices, and Porcarius sent him to Arles to recuperate.

[3][1] The visit of John of Réôme to Lérins in the period 506–510 and the return of Caesarius to preach a sermon there, probably in 502–512, have both been linked to Porcarius' tenure.

[3][4] Jonas of Bobbio's Vita Iohannis Reomaensis, a biography of John of Réôme, shows the influence of the Monita in its idealization of the spiritual life.

The first edition of the Monita was published by Thomas Gallet in 1615 under the title Epistola sancti Porcarii abbatis.

[3][5] Admonitio ad filium spiritualem, which has textual similarities with the Monita, is generally accepted as a work of Porcarius.

An 8th-century copy of Porcarius' Monita . The large text in the middle of page reads: incipiunt monita s[an]c[t]i porcarii abba , "the counsels of the saint abbot Porcarius begin".