Desiderius of Vienne

Desiderius of Vienne (died 607) was archbishop of Vienne and a chronicler.

In conflict with Brunhilda of Austrasia, the legitimacy of whose children he had attacked, he was deposed in 603 when she combined forces with Aridius, bishop of Lyon. He was stoned to death, some years later.

He was rebuked by Gregory the Great for his interest in the pagan classics, in a letter provoked by the schooling he was providing for his clergy.

He is a Catholic saint, with feast days on February 11 and May 23. A hagiographical work was written about him by the Visigothic king Sisebuto, during the seventh century. A later life was written by Ado of Vienne.