[1] He was a son of Eucherius of Lyon and Galla.
He was educated at Lérins Abbey, first by Hilary of Arles, then by Salvianus and Vincent of Lérins.
[2] He has also been listed as the bishop of Genoa, but it is not clear if this was a later appointment or if the word Geneva was incorrectly written as Genova.
He was an accomplished Latin ecclesiastical writer.
Most notably, he composed mystical and allegorical interpretations of the Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.