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Saint Peregrine of Auxerre
BornRome
Diedc. 304 AD
Bouhy, France
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedDecember 27, 1726
FeastMay 16
Attributesconverting pagans; overturning idols; founding Auxerre cathedral;[1] sometimes in the dress of a pilgrim in reference to his name (peregrinus means pilgrim in Latin); snake[2]
Patronageagainst snake bites[1]

Saint Peregrine (Peregrinus) of Auxerre (Template:Lang-fr, Template:Lang-it) (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 Marseilles, Lyon, and converted most of the inhabitants of Auxerre to Christianity.[3]

At Intaranum –present-day Entrains-sur-Nohain– Peregrine angered the governor after the saint appealed to the populace to abandon pagan idols; the inhabitants had been dedicating a new temple to Jupiter.

The Martyrologium Hieronymianum states that he was tortured and beheaded at vicus Baiacus (Bouhy) (in present-day Nièvre) during the persecutions of Diocletian.

His lector Jovinian, venerated as a saint, was also martyred with him.[4] Other companions included Marsus, his priest; Corcodomus, his deacon; and Jovian his subdeacon.[2]

Veneration

St. Peregrine is said to have founded Auxerre's cathedral, Saint-Etienne.

Historians postulate that he was probably not a bishop at all, but rather a missionary who had been sent to the rural areas of this region. In the ninth century, churchmen of Auxerre made this local martyr the first bishop of their city.[1]

In the 7th century, some of his relics were translated from Bouhy to the Abbey of Saint-Denis.[2] Pope Leo III ordered the construction of the church of San Pellegrino in Naumachia dedicated to Saint Peregrine in Rome near the Hospitale Francorum, which served French pilgrims. A street near the church was named San Pellegrino after the saint; it later gave its name to the Porta San Pellegrino.[2]

In 1645, while work was being carried out underneath the altar of the church of Bouhy, a human cranium was discovered. After an investigation, this was declared a relic of Peregrine and it was solemnly brought back to Auxerre.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d La cathédrale Saint-Etienne d’Auxerre - 2. Saint Pèlerin Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d San Pellegrino d'Auxerre
  3. ^ st_peregrine
  4. ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Jovinian of Auxerre
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