Annemund

Annemund
Saints Antoine, Marguerite and Ennemond(right) in St Peter Palace, Lyon
Died	658
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Feast	September 28

Saint Annemund, also known as Annemundus, Aunemundus, Ennemond and Chamond, was an archbishop of Lyon. He died a martyr in AD 657.

Annemund was a councillor of Clovis II and a friend of Wilfrid. He died in 658. According to Bede (Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum v.19), this occurred at the order of Queen Balthild.

Ennemond Dauphin (Dalfinus) was bishop of Lyon. Succeeding Viventius, he became archbishop of Lyon between 652 and 654 during the reign of Clovis II.

His father, Sigon, was a prefect in Lyon, while his brother, Dalfin, was Count of Lyons. Late hagiographic texts say his was a Gallo-Roman family, although his name is of German origin, more common in the Burgundian late 5th century. These same texts record that Dauphin's brother was prefect of Gaul. The accounts of his contemporaries Eddius Stephanus (in) and the Venerable Bede however, make no mention of his brother.

Tradition attributes to him the evangelization of the Saint-Chamond area (Castellum Sancti Admundi), whose church still contains one of his relics.