Sedatus

Sedatus was a Gallo-Roman bishop active in southern Gaul around the turn of the sixth century AD, and a correspondent of Ruricius, bishop of Limoges (c. 485-510). He is generally identified with Sedatus of Nimes, a bishop attested in the milieu of Caesarius of Arles and known for his theological learning; sermons have been transmitted under his name. The letters preserved in the Ruricius collection show him as a friend and fellow churchman within the close-knit network of aristocratic bishops who sustained Latin Christian culture in Aquitaine and Septimania as the Visigothic kingdom replaced Roman rule. Beyond this correspondence and a handful of conciliar and homiletic notices, the details of his career are sparsely documented.