Childebert I
Under Childebert I Ferréol was banished from his see in 555, for having lived in too friendly relations with the Jews of Septimania. The thoroughly Romanized region had until recently been ruled by a Visigothic and Arian upper class, and relaxed relations with the long-established and urbane Jewish community was a Visigoth tradition. Ferréol's motive lay in hopes of making conversions, according to the "Vita Ferreoli, apud Marcus Antonius Dominicy, Ausberti Familia Rediviva," published in Paris, 1648 ("Jewish Encyclopedia").