SAINT AUSPICIUS, BISHOP OF APT - 2 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 2nd of August

SAINT AUSPICIUS, BISHOP OF APT

A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's
Saints' books,
"Stammenbuch..." (1693)

Saint Auspicius, was the first bishop of Apt in France. If the information in the French Breviaries is correct, Auspicius was a Roman citizen, from one of the Senator's families, tutor of Flavia Domitilla (the niece of Emperor Domitian), and pupil of Saints Nereus and Achilleus. After having buried the bodies of his holy teachers, Auspicius preached the gospel in Apt and sealed his teaching with his blood. According to Migne*, he went to his eternal reward in the year 398.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 363)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Auspicius may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.