Sulpitius I of Bourges

He was, says Gregory of Tours, a man of high birth, one of the first senators of Gaul, of great oratorical talent, and expert in the art of poetical rhythms.

The See of Bourges having become vacant with the death of Remedius, several candidates offered gifts to King Gontran to secure the assistance of his favour.

But the latter rejected all these simoniacal gifts to favour the election of Sulpitius.

Shortly afterwards, he held a council in Auvergne, to adjust the dispute which had arisen between two of his suffragans, Innocentius, Bishop of Rodez, and Urcis, Bishop of Cahors, with regard to parishes for which they contended.

[1] He is a Catholic saint, his feast occurring in the Roman Martyrology on 29 January.