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Salonius of Embrun and Sagittarius of Gap were two bishops who had been condemned at the Council of Lyon (c. 567). They succeeded however in persuading Guntram King of Burgundy that they had been condemned unjustly and appealed to the pope. Influenced by the king’s letters Pope John III decided that they must be restored to their sees. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: