Tauricianus was the secondGuy Coquille, Oeuvres contenant plusieurs traitez sur les liberter de l'Eglise gallicane, l'histoire de France et le droit français(Labottière, 1703) p448.

bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nevers The Diocese of Nevers (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Nièvre, in the Region of Bourgogne. Suppressed by the Concordat of 1801 and united to the See of Autun, it was re-e ...

. The same Tauricianus was among the

bishop of Nevers The Diocese of Nevers (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Nièvre, in the Region of Bourgogne. Suppressed by the Concordat of 1801 and united to the See of Autun, it was re ...

listed by

Demochares Demochares (; 322), nephew of Demosthenes, Athenian orator and statesman, was one of the few distinguished Athenians in the period of decline. Biography Demochares is first heard of in 322 BC, when he spoke in vain against the surrender of Demost ...

in the book of the ''du divin Sacrifice de la Mefle.'' Taurianus was said by Rufticus, to have ruled his bishopric in the time of

Pope Vigilius Pope Vigilius (died 7 June 555) was the bishop of Rome from 29 March 537 to his death on 7 June 555. He is considered the first pope of the Byzantine papacy. Born into Roman aristocracy, Vigilius served as a deacon and papal ''apocrisiarius' ...

and Childebert

King of France France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I, king of the Fra ...

about the year of the Lord 538. He attended the

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, held at Epone in 517. There he signed the deeds of the council with ''Tauricianus civitatis Nivemensis episcopus, relegiet subscripsi.''Duchesne, Louis (1910). Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule: II. L'Aquitaine et les Lyonnaises. Paris: Fontemoing. pp. 483.

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6th-century Frankish bishops Year of birth unknown Bishops of Nevers {{france-RC-bishop-stub