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Saint Saturnin

Saint Saturnin
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The Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, from a 14th-century manuscript
Apostle to the Gauls
Bishop and Martyr
Born third century
Patras, Greece
Died c. 257 AD
Toulouse, Gaul (modern-day France)
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized Pre-Congregation
Major shrine Basilique St-Sernin, Toulouse
Feast November 29
Attributes A bishop's mitre, a bishop being dragged by a bull, a bull
Patronage Toulouse, France

Saint Saturnin of Toulouse (Latin: Saturninus, Occitan: Sarnin, French: Sernin, Catalan: Sadurní, Galician: Sadurninho and Portuguese: Saturnino, Sadurninho, Basque: Satordi, Saturdi, Zernin, and Spanish: Saturnino, Serenín, Cernín), with a feast day entered for November 29, was one of the "Apostles to the Gauls" sent out (probably under the direction of Pope Fabian, 236 – 250) during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250–251) to Christianize Gaul after the persecutions under Emperor Decius had all but dissolved the small Christian communities. St Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Saint Gatien to Tours, Saint Trophimus to Arles, Saint Paul to Narbonne, Saint Saturnin to Toulouse, Saint Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Saint Martial to Limoges.


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