Austregisilus

{{use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox saint | honorific_prefix = Saint |name= Austregisilus |birth_date= |death_date=624 AD |feast_day= 20 May |venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church<br>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 |imagesize= 250px |caption= Statue of Austregisilus in the church of Frontenas. |birth_place= Bourges |death_place= |titles= |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes=portrayed as a knight on horseback, sometimes with a religious habit over his armor; a man falls from a horse in front of him |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= }} '''Saint Austregisilus''' ('''Outrille''', '''Aoustrille;''' died 624) was a Frankish bishop and bishop of Bourges from 612 until his death in 624. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, with his feast day is 20 May.

==Life== A native of Bourges, he was educated as a 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 and entered the abbey of Saint-Nizier at Lyon, where he became abbot. He was elected bishop of Bourges in 612.

He ordained Sulpitius the Pious. Saint Amand 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 and Saint-Aoustrille are named after him.

==References== {{reflist}}

==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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