A council which assembled at Rome in the reign of Eugen passed several enactments for the restoration of church discipline, took masures for teh foundation of schools and chapters, and decided against priests wearing a secular dress or engaging in secular occupations. Eugene also adopted various provisions for the care of the poor and of widows and orphans, and on that account recieved the name of "father of the people", an epithet not altogether appropriate, if he was, as is said to have been, the author of the "ordeal of cold water". He died in 827.
Original text from the 9th edition (1879) of an unnamed encyclopedia Original referred to him as Eugenius - modified to match spelling on Popes list.