Austromoine
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Stremonius or Saint Austremonius or Saint Stramonius or Austromoine, the "apostle of Auvergne," was the first Bishop of Clermont. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Key facts
- Saint.imagesize
- 200px
- Saint.name
- Saint Austremonius
- Saint.birth_date
- 3rd century
- Saint.death_date
- 3rd century
- Saint.feast_day
- November 1
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic Church
- Saint.image
- Statue St Austremonius martyrium Issoire.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Wood statue of St. Austremonius, 17th century, church of Saint-Austremoine in Issoire; Auvergne, France
- Saint.titles
- Bishop and Apostle of Auvergne
- Saint.major_shrine
- St.-Yvoine, near Issoire
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Italy
- Place of death
- Clermont-Ferrand
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- FR-631136102 MS 732 Vies de saints et pièces sur l'abbaye de Mauriac f.98.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint Austremonius
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of birth
- 0300-01-01
- date of death
- 0300-01-01
- name in native language
- Austremoine de Clermont
- feast day
- November 1
- subject has role
- bishop
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Encyclopedic overview
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Stremonius or Saint Austremonius or Saint Stramonius or Austromoine, the "apostle of Auvergne," was the first Bishop of Clermont. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
==Legend== During the consulship (in 250 AD) of the Emperor Decius and Vettius Gratus, according to Gregory of Tours, who calls him Stremonius, Pope Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturninus to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Martial to Limoges, and Austromoine to Clermont.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Austromoine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.