sentences:  Considerable detail of the life of this zealous bishop is known from various sources, from letters written either by or to him, from two poems of Venantius Fortunatus and above all from the statements of his pupil Aredius, later Abbot of Limoges, which have been preserved by Gregory of Tours.Nicetius came from a Gallo-Roman family; he was a native of Aquitaine.From his youth he devoted himself to religious life and entered a monastery.