ST CAESARIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT

ST CAESARIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT - 1 NOVEMBER

SAINT CAESARIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT

Saint Caesarius (Cæsarius), (November 1) was a bishop of Clermont in Auvergne. (El.)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 534)

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Caesarius 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.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

CLERMONT

Clermont counts amongst its bishops a large number of saints: Saint Urbicus (c. 312); Saint Leoguntius; Saint Illidius (Allyre), who, about 385, cured the daughter of the Emperor Maximus at Trier; the saint's name was given to the petrifying springs of Clermont, and his life was written by Saint Gregory of Tours; Saint Nepotianus (died 388); Saint Artemius (died about 394); Saint Venerandus (Veau, died about 423); Saint Rusticus (424-46); Saint Namatius (446-62), founder of the Clermont cathedral, where he deposited the relics of SS. Vitalis and Agricola brought from Bologna; Sidonius Apollinaris (470-79), the celebrated Christian writer who brought to Clermont the priest Saint Amabilis; Saint Aprunculus (died about 491); Saint Euphrasius (491-515); Saint Quintianus (d. c. 527), whose life was written by Saint Gregory of Tours; Saint Gallus [Gal] (527-51), of whom Gregory of Tours was the biographer and nephew; Saint Avitus (second half of the sixth century), founder of Notre Dame du Port; Saint Cæsarius (c. 627); Saint Gallus II [Gal] (c. 650); Saint Genesius (c. 660); Saint Præjectus (Prix), historian of the martyrs of Clermont and assassinated at Volvic January 25, 676; Saint Avitus II (676-91); Saint Bonitus, good friend of Sigebert II (end of seventh century); Saint Stabilis (823-60). and Saint Sigo (866). Among the Bishops of Clermont should also be mentioned: Pierre de Cros (1301-04), engaged by Saint Thomas Aquinas to complete his "Summa"; Etienne d'Albert (1340-42), later Pope Innocent VI (1352-62); Guillaume du Prat (1528-60), founder of the Clermont College at Paris and delegate of Francis I to the Council of Trent; and Massillon, the illustrious orator (1717-42).

The Diocese of Clermont can likewise claim a number of monks whom the Church honours as saints, viz: Saint Calevisus (Calais, 460-541), a pupil in the monastery of Menat, whence he retired to Maine, where he founded the Abbey of Anisole; Saint Maztius (died 527), founder at Royat near Clermont of a monastery which became later a Benedictine priory; Saint Portianus (sixth century), founder of a monastery to which the city of Saint-Pourçain (Allier) owes its origin; Saint Etienne de Muret (1046-1124), son of the Viscount of Thiers and founder of the Order of Grandmont in Limousin, and Saint Peter the Venerable (1092-1156), of the Montboissier family of Auvergne, noted as a writer and Abbot of Cluny.

Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913

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