Lupus

Family: Roman Church · Role: Bishop of Troyes · First appears: Book I · Chap. XVII

Life events

c. 449 · Germanus and Lupus were chosen and sent to confirm Britain’s faith in divine grace.(Book I · Chap. XVII · 📍 Britain)
- With: Germanus
- “choice was made of the apostolic prelates, Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, and Lupus of Troyes, to go into Britain to confirm the people’s faith in the grace of God.”
c. 449 · Germanus quelled the raging sea after Lupus awakened him during the storm.(Book I · Chap. XVII)
- With: Germanus
- “He, showing himself the more resolute in proportion to the greatness of the danger, called upon Christ, and having, in the name of the Holy Trinity, taken and sprinkled a little water, quelled the raging waves”
c. 449 · Germanus and Lupus preached throughout Britain, converting the people from Pelagian error.(Book I · Chap. XVII · 📍 Britain)
- With: Germanus
- “In the meantime the bishops speedily filled the island of Britain with the fame of their preaching and miracles; and the Word of God was by them daily preached”
c. 449 · Germanus and Lupus defeated the heretics in debate, compelling them to confess their errors.(Book I · Chap. XVII)
- With: Germanus
- “Vainglory was vanquished and unbelief refuted; and the heretics, at every argument put before them, not being able to reply, confessed their errors.”

with Germanus (Germanus and Lupus were jointly sent to Britain as fellow missionaries.) “With ready zeal they complied with the request and commands of the Holy Church, and put to sea.”

pupil: Severus (Lupus was Severus's spiritual teacher.) “Severus, a man of singular sanctity, who was disciple to the blessed father, Lupus, bishop of Troyes”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.