Austregisilus

Saint Austregisilus (Outril(le), Aoustrille) (died 624) was bishop of Bourges from 612 to 624. His feast day is 20 May.

Saint Austregisilus
Statue of Austregisilus in the church of Frontenas.
Born	Bourges
Died	624 AD
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church[1][2]
Feast	20 May
Attributes	portrayed as a knight on horseback, sometimes with a religious habit over his armor; a man falls from a horse in front of him

Life

A native of Bourges, he was educated as a courtier, he became an attendant at the Court of King Gontram at Chalon-sur-Saone.[3] However, Austregisilus wanted to become a monk and entered the abbey of Saint-Nizier at Lyon, where he became abbot. He was elected bishop of Bourges in 612.

He ordained Sulpitius the Pious. Saint Amand studied under him.[4]

The villages of Saint-Outrille and Saint-Aoustrille are named after him.

References

1. (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐλτρίλλος Ἐπίσκοπος Μπουργκές. 20 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. Austregisilus (Aoustrille, Outrille) May 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
3. Monks of Ramsgate. “Austrogisilus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 August 2012
4. Campbell, Thomas (1907). "St. Amandus", The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

External links

• Saint of the Day, May 20: Austregisilus of Bourges at SaintPatrickDC.org
• a translation of the Life of Austregisilus