ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 25th of September
SAINT AUNARIUS, BISHOP OF AUXERRE
St Aunarius (Aunacharius) was Bishop of Auxerre in France, born 573; he died 603.
Being of noble birth, he was brought up in the royal court, but evinced a desire to enter the clerical state, was ordained priest by St Syagrius of Autum, and eventually was made Bishop of Auxerre.
BISHOP OF AUXERRE
His administration is noted for certain important disciplinary measures that throw light on the religious and moral life of the Merovingian times.
SOLEMN LITANIES
He caused solemn litanies to be said daily in the chief centres of population, by rotation, and on the first day of each month in the larger towns and monasteries. He enforced a regular daily attendance at the Divine Office on the part both of regular and secular clergy.
HE HELD AN IMPORTANT SYNOD
He held an important synod of four bishops, seven abbots, thirty-five priests, and four deacons for the restoration of ecclesiastical discipline and the suppression of popular pagan superstitions, and caused the lives of his predecessors Amator and Germanus to be written.
HE WAS BURIED IN AUXERRE
He was buried at Auxerre, where he has always been held in veneration. His remains were later enclosed in a golden chest, but were partially dispersed by the Huguenots in 1567. A portion, however, was placed in the hollow pillar of a crypt, and saved. His feast is celebrated September 25.
Information from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
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