LUPUS, bishop of Troyes, saint. — Born c. 383 into a noble family of Toul, he was educated in the home of an uncle. He married Pimeniola, sister of St Hilary, bishop of Arles; but after a few years, by mutual agreement, they separated. L. retired to the monastery of Lérins, flourishing at that time under the direction of St Honoratus, where shortly afterwards he Vincent (v.), a theologian and writer of clear renown.
In 426 he was elected bishop of Troyes despite his opposition, and even in his new office he maintained his monastic way of life. At a Synod of Troyes he was assigned, together with St Germanus of Auxerre, to go to Brittany to combat the snares of Pelagianism. In 453 he saved his city from an attack by Attila. He died on 29 July 478 or 479 at the age of ninety-six and after fifty-three years as bishop. Feast, 29 July.