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Austregisilus
Bishop of Bourges
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 20 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
551
Died
624
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Bourges in the region of Aquitaine, in France, Saint Austregisilus, bishop, who showed himself a minister of charity above all among the poor, orphans, the sick and those condemned to death.
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 20 May as a bishop of Bourges who served the poor, orphans, the sick and the condemned.
Connected on this site
- Aunarius Saint Teacher
- Saint Amandus Saint Pupil
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3046005 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Austregisilus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.