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Ausonius of Angoulême
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 22 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
400
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Angoulême, also in Aquitaine, Saint Ausonius, held to be the first bishop of this city.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 22 May as the man held to be the first bishop of Angoulême.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 22 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2872085 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.