# Austregisilus

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| honorific_prefix = [Saint](/source/Saint) |name= Austregisilus
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|death_date=624 AD
|feast_day= 20 May
|venerated_in= [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church)<br>[Eastern Orthodox Church](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church)<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3286/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐλτρίλλος Ἐπίσκοπος Μπουργκές].'' 20 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref>''[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm Austregisilus (Aoustrille, Outrille) May 20].'' Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.</ref>
|image= Frontenas - Intérieur église - Statue saint Austrégésile (fév 2019).jpg
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|caption= Statue of Austregisilus in the church of [Frontenas](/source/Frontenas).
|birth_place= Bourges 
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'''Saint Austregisilus''' ('''Outrille''', '''Aoustrille;''' died 624) was a Frankish bishop and [bishop of Bourges](/source/Archdiocese_of_Bourges) from 612 until his death in 624. He is venerated as a saint in the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church), with his [feast day](/source/calendar_of_saints) is 20 May.

==Life==
A native of [Bourges](/source/Bourges), he was educated as a [courtier](/source/courtier), he became an attendant at the Court of King Gontram at Chalon-sur-Saône.<ref name=monks>[http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-austrogisilus/ Monks of Ramsgate. “Austrogisilus”. ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 August 2012]</ref>  However, Austregisilus wanted to become a [monk](/source/monk) and entered the [abbey](/source/abbey) of [Saint-Nizier](/source/Saint-Nizier_(Lyon)) at [Lyon](/source/Lyon), where he became abbot.  He was elected bishop of Bourges in 612.

He ordained [Sulpitius the Pious](/source/Sulpitius_the_Pious). [Saint Amand](/source/Amandus) studied under him.<ref>Campbell, Thomas (1907). "St. Amandus", ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</ref>

The villages of [Saint-Outrille](/source/Saint-Outrille) and [Saint-Aoustrille](/source/Saint-Aoustrille) are named after him.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0520.shtml#outr Saint of the Day, May 20: ''Austregisilus of Bourges''] at ''SaintPatrickDC.org''
*[https://mephemeris.blogspot.com/2007/05/life-of-austrigisilus-of-bourges.html a translation of the Life of Austregisilus]

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Category:Colombanian saints

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