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''Distinguish from Sulpitius I, Bishop of Bourges, called Sulpitius I of Bourges, often wrongly identified with Sulpicius Severus, the historian of St. Martin of Tours.'' Sulpitius (or Sulpicius) the Pious or "the Débonnaire" was a 7th-century bishop of Bourges and saint. ==Life== According to his ''Vita'', Sulpitius was born at Vatan (Diocese of Bourges), of noble parents, before the end of the sixth century. From his youth he devoted himself to good works and to the study of Scripture.〔(Dégert, Antoine. "Sulpitius." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 18 Jun. 2013 )〕 Austregisilus, Bishop of Bourges, ordained him cleric of his church, then deacon, and finally made him director of his episcopal school. Clotaire II (King of the Franks from 613 to 629), who had heard his merits spoken of, summoned him and made him chaplain of his armies. But at the death of Bishop Austregisilus (c. 624) he was recalled to Bourges to take his place. Sulpitius thenceforth labored with much zeal and success to re-establish ecclesiastical discipline, for the relief of the poor and for the conversion of the Jews.〔 In 626 Sulpitius attended the Council of Clichy and held several others with the bishops of his province. St. Desiderius of Cahors, treasurer to King Clothar II and later Bishop of Cahors,〔( Kirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Desiderius of Cahors." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 18 Jun. 2013 )〕 was his personal friend; three letters survive which he addressed to him.〔 In the settings of ''Vita Sulpicii Episcopi Biturgi'',〔Edited in B. Krusch, '' Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptores Rerum Merovingicarum'' vol. IV pp. 364-380; an earlier version was included by Krusch on vol. VI (1902). An English translation by Sarah Brush is (on-line ).〕 Sulpicius' miracles show him receiving "Theudogisilus", a noble from the ''palatium'' of the king with entertainments and a "great heaped fire" (in a fireplace in the centre of the great hall, the smoke issuing through a vent in the roof). Sulpitius allegedly extinguished this fire, when it threatened to get out of control, with an outstretched hand. The ''vita'' asserts with approval that "he, the holy man gave leave for no-one, neither heretic, gentile or Jew, to live in the city of Bourges without the grace of baptism" - with many consequent conversions from the Jews of Bourges. The ''Vita'' tells that Dagobert I sent his representative the merciless general Lollo (''Lollonius'') to reside at Bourges and to bring the city more closely under the king's command.〔"that the people of Bourges should at once be placed under law and under him and should live and serve the king’s command." (Sarah Brush, tr.).〕 Sulpitius intervened with King Dagobert in behalf of his flock, of whom a too heavy tax was exacted.〔 When the people came complaining of their treatment to Sulpicius, he decreed a three-day fast for clergy and laity, but also sent one of his clergy, Ebargisilus by name, to the king. Towards the end of his life Sulpitius took a coadjutor, Vulfolnde,〔"he asked the king for a partner to support this burden." (''Vita'', Sarah Brush, tr.).〕 and retired to a monastery which he had founded near Bourges. There he died on 17 January 646, which day several manuscripts of the Hieronymian Martyrology indicate as his feast. The reports of miracles at his tomb in the basilica he had ordered built began soon after his death and the place became a place of pilgrimage.
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