Saint of the Day – 25 September – St Principius (6th Century) Bishop of Soissons. Of French origin and presumably died there too, in his See of Soissons. He was the brother of the renowned St Remigius of Rheims. As I cannot find any images of our Saint today I include below a stained glass image of his brother below.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “The same day, St Principius, Bishop of Soissons, brother of the blessed Bishop Remigius.”
This Bishop is virtually unknown. Only a comparison of certain data from the Catholic Historians including St Sidonius Apollinaris allows us to assert, with some plausibility which according to tradition, he was a brother of a great Bishop of Reims, Saint Remigius. His origins would, therefore, be dated to the late 5th and early 6th Centuries but still before 511, the date when Lupus, his successor and perhaps nephew, attended the Council of Orléans.
His cult is confirmed by several medieval liturgical books which list his Fast Day as 25 September. His Relics were burned by the Protestants in 1567.
Renowned St Remigius :
https://anastpaul.com/2022/01/13/saint-of-the-day-13-january-saint-remigius-of-rheims-c-438-533-apostle-of-the-franks/
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