[2] Born of a family in Berry, France sometime during the reign of Chlothar I, his name suggests a Gallo-Roman background.

[3] Small of stature, he was a peasant herd keeper, who is said to have embraced the monastic life at the age of 12.

He spent some time at the monastery of Micy-Saint Mesmin, near Orléans, where he was welcomed by the abbot Treïcius, who ordained him a deacon.

There, having found a dense thicket where no sound entered, he built himself a hut and spent his days in prayer there, living only on wild fruits.

[3] Lié only left this solitude to visit the sick, to comfort them with a few holy words, and to soften the bitterness of the last passage.

In 1523 a brotherhood dedicated to venerating the relics of Saint Lie was founded at Mohon, in the department of Ardennes.