Peregrine of Auxerre
Bishop of Auxerre
Feast: 16 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Peregrine (Peregrinus) of Auxerre (French: Saint Pèlerin, Italian: San Pellegrino) (d. ca. 261 AD or ca. 304 AD) is venerated as the first bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral. A strong local tradition states that he was a priest of Rome appointed by Pope Sixtus II to evangelize this area at the request of the Christians resident in that part of Gaul. He preached at Marseille, Lyon, and converted most of the inhabitants of Auxerre to Christianity.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Sixtus II Saint“A strong local tradition states that he was a priest of Rome appointed by Pope Sixtus II to evangelize this area at the request of the Christians resident in that part of Gaul.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q7167812 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Peregrine of Auxerre (CC BY-SA)
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