Tag: st christian of auxerre

Saint of the Day – 22 November – Saint Christian of Auxerre (Died 871) Bishop of Auxerre, France for 12 years from 859 until his death on 22 November 871 of natural causes. The image below is of an unknown ancient Bishop by Fra Angelico.

Saint Christian was a Bishop of Auxerre who lived in the 9th Century. In some Ecclesiastical records, he appears in 36th place, in others, in the 37th. In the list of the “Liber Episcopalis” in which brief biographical notes and chronological data were noted, he appears after Saint Abbone and before Wala (or Guala).

He also appears in the 1st catalogue of Bishops compiled in the year 875, by the Canons Rainogala and Agaldo, considered quite trustworthy by later historians, even if doubts had been raised about the chronology before the 7th Century.

Historically, Saint Christian is mentioned for the first time among the signatories of the Treaty of Clobenza, on 7 June 860.

Furthermore, his name appears in many documents, including the last at the Council of Douzy in September 871, where he was represented by his Archdeacon.

He died on 22 November 871, after having led the Diocese for twelve years. In Auxerre, the celebration and remembrance of Saint Christian has been set today, the birthday of St Christian into Heaven.

St Cecilia – (Died 3rd Century) Virgin Martyr
St Cecilia’s Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/11/22/saint-of-the-day-22-november-st-cecilia-died-3rd-century-virgin-martyr/

St Agabbas of Syria
St Amphilochius of Iconium
St Ananias of Arbela

St Appia + (1st Century) Lay Martyr, Disciple of St Paul (see below)
St Archippus + (1st Century) Lay Martyr, Disciple of St Paul (see below)

St Eugenia of Matera
St Christian of Auxerre (Died 871) Bishop
St Dayniolen the Younger
St Mark of Antioch
St Maurus of North Africa

St Philemon + (1st Century) Lay Martyr, Disciple of St Paul,
St Appia + (1st Century) Lay Martyr, Disciple of St Paul, his wife, Saint Appia and their son, Archippus. Many scholars believe that Pilemon was a Bishop or the Archbishop of Colossae.
The Roman Martyrology reads: “At Colossae, in Phrygia, during the reign of Nero, Saints Philemon and Apphias, disciples of St Paul. When the Christians ran to the Church for protection on a pagan feast, they were arrested and, by the command of the Governor, Artocles, were scourged, let down into a pit up to their waists and overwhelmed with stones.”
St Archippus + (1st Century) Lay Martyr, Disciple of St Paul
Their Lives and Deaths:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/11/22/saint-of-the-day-22-november-saints-philemon-appia-and-archippus-martyrs/

St Pragmatius of Autun (Died c 520) Bishop of Autun, France, Peacemaker.
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/11/22/saint-of-the-day-22-november-saint-pragmatius-of-autun-died-c-520-bishop/

St Sabinian the Abbot
St Stephen of Antioch