The memory of St. Eucherius still clings to three vast caves near the village of Beaumont, whither, it is said, the people of Lyon had to go in search of him when they sought him to make him their archbishop.

Denis Van Berchem, of the University of Geneva, proposed that Eucherius ' presentation of the legend of the Theban legion was a literary production, not based on a local tradition ; by isolating its hagiographic conventions from the anachronisms of local narrative elements, he sought to demonstrate that Eucherius derived his formulas from Lactantius and Orosius and that the decimation was an anachronism: the practice of decimation had not been practiced for at least a century ( see Ammianus Marcellinus for Julian's misinterpretation of decimation ) and that service by Christians in the legions before Emperor Constantine I was relatively rare.

His son Eucherius was murdered in Rome shortly afterwards.

Honorius's wife Thermantia, daughter of Stilicho, was taken from the imperial throne and given over to her mother ; Eucherius, the son of Stilicho, was put to death.

According to " De Consulatu Stilichonis " by Claudian, Placidia was betrothed to Eucherius, only known son of Stilicho and Serena.

Shortly after, Olympius, " an officer of rank in the court-guards " attempted to convince Honorius that Stilicho was in fact conspiring to depose Theodosius II, to replace him with Eucherius.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Syagrius and Eucherius ( or, less frequently, year 1134 Ab urbe condita ).

The marriage took place around the time of Stilicho's mission to Persia, and ultimately Serena gave birth to a son, who was named Eucherius, and two daughters, Maria and Thermantia.

It was presumably at Lerins that Salvian made the acquaintance of Honoratus ( died 429 ), Hilary of Arles ( died 449 ), and Eucherius of Lyons ( died 449 ).

443 – 450 by Eucherius of Lyon, the garrison of the Legion was the city of Thebes, Egypt.

According to a letter from Eucherius, bishop of Lyon written about 450, bodies identified as the martyrs of Agaunum were discovered and identified by Theodore ( Theodulus ), the first historically identified Bishop of Octudurum, who was present at the Council of Aquileia, 381 and died in 391.

David Woods, Professor of Classics at the University College Cork, alleges that the model of Maurice and the Theban Legion based on Eucherius of Lyon's letter was a complete fiction.

The martyrology was written by Eucherius, Bishop of Lyon, who died in 494.

Eucherius ' telling of the legend reports that the shrine erected by Theodore was already in his time a basilica that was the destination of pilgrims.

She and Stilicho had a son, Eucherius, and two daughters, Maria and Thermantia, both of whom married Honorius.

By the middle of the 5th Century, St. Eucherius of Lyon mentions the martyrdom of St. Ursus and St. Victor and a cult of saints in Solothurn.

The ivory diptych of Stilicho ( right ) with his wife Serena and son Eucherius, ca.

Gennadius, Hilary and Eucherius may be consulted in Migne, vols.

Numerous disciples soon gathered around him, including Lupus of Troyes, Eucherius of Lyon, and Hilary of Arles.

The earliest surviving document describing " the holy Martyrs who have made Aguanum illustrious with their blood " is the letter of Eucherius, which describes the succession of witnesses from the martyrdom to his time, a span of about 150 years.

As with many hagiographies, Eucherius ' letter to Bishop Salvius reinforced an existing pilgrimage site.

Many of the faithful were coming from diverse provinces of the empire, according to Eucherius, devoutly to honor these saints, and ( important for the abbey of Aguanum ) to offer presents of gold, silver and other things.

Previous to the war, the city's civilian population was about 300, 000, but before it was over, most of the populace had sought refuge elsewhere in Iran.

During that time, the population sought refuge in the island's interior, establishing the settlement of Palaia Chora.

At first, he sought an understanding with the Abbasids, but when they refused his terms and demanded his submission, Ibn Habib broke openly with the Abbasids and invited the remnants of the Umayyad dynasty to take refuge in his dominions.

Both sought refuge in Persia, whence Abdur Rahman placed himself under Russian protection at Samarkand.

During the operation, the IDF besieged the Church of the Nativity, where about 200 Palestinian militants sought refuge in the Church.

Spanish Basques also sought refuge in Bayonne in the 20th century during Francisco Franco's repression, with Petit Bayonne still a centre of Basque nationalism.

Albertone's heavily outnumbered askaris held their position for two hours until Albertone's capture, and under Ethiopian pressure the survivors sought refuge with Arimondi's brigade.

Although an amphibious invasion was never in question, blockading by Union naval forces was common, particularly at Halifax, where Confederate navy ships sought refuge and reprovisioning.

Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea: " When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod the Great, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt I called My Son " ( Matthew 2: 12 – 23 ).

The Cathars sought refuge at these sites.

Following the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising, the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge in India.

The regiment was established in 1808 by the Prince Regent and future king of Portugal, John VI, with the duty of protecting the Portuguese royal family, which had sought refuge in Brazil during the Napoleonic wars.

More than a thousand people who had sought refuge in the church died in the flames.

However, feeling that the lack of sympathy which prevailed at Leuven at that time was actually a form of mental persecution, he sought refuge in Basel, where under the shelter of Swiss hospitality he could express himself freely.

Many Afghan academics studied in Germany, many more sought refuge in Germany during the years of civil war.

In the late 16th century many anti-Trinitarians, persecuted both by Calvinists and by the Inquisition, sought refuge in Transylvania, then under Turkish overlordship and with close links to Istanbul.

After the Cuban Revolution, some Cubans sought refuge on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

The British leader sought refuge among the Brigantes, but their queen, Cartimandua, proved her loyalty by surrendering him to the Romans.

According to Aristotle's Constitution of Orchomenus, when the Thespians ravaged Ascra, the villagers sought refuge at Orchomenus, where, following the advice of an oracle, they collected the ashes of Hesiod and set them in a place of honour in their agora, next to the tomb of Minyas, their eponymous founder.

Durrani's other grandson, Shuja Shah Durrani, fled the wrath of his brother and sought refuge with the Sikhs.

Many civilians sought refuge by taking to the roads of France: some 2 million refugees from Belgium and Holland were joined by between 8 and 10 million French civilians, representing a quarter of the French population, all heading south and west.

When she left, she managed to acquire safe passage for all the refugees who had sought refuge in her home.

His place of birth is unknown ; nor is it recorded where his father, Shimon ben Gamliel II, sought refuge with his family during the persecutions under Hadrian.

In 1934 the Zagreb Provincial Committee sent Tito to Vienna where all the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia had sought refuge.