ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 16th of May WELCOME! SAINT PEREGRINE, BISHOP OF AUXERRE Saint Petegrine (Peregrinus) is considered the first bishop of Auxerre. In A.D. 260, he is said to have been sent to Gaul by Pope Sixtus II to preach the Gospel there. The priest Saint Marsus, a deacon named Arcodemus, and a subdeacon called Jovinian accompanied him. The holy bishop sowed with tears and persecution, but his martyrdom under the Emperor Diocletian in 304 he bore for Christ with joy and exultation. His body was buried at Baugé in Auxerrois [Bouhy] where he had been killed for his faith. It is believed that his relics came to Saint Denis near Paris at a later stage; others claim that he rested at Saint Peter in Rome or at Terni in Umbria. The translation of his mortal remains to Rome during the reign of Charlemagne is mentioned by Piazza* (I. 418). (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume ...