Rusticus of Clermont (or Rustique, Rotiri; died 446) was a
Bishop of Clermont
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in
Auvergne
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.
His feast day is 24 September.
Life
Rusticus was a priest in Clermont when the former bishop, Venerandus, died.
It is said that an assembly of citizens were arguing about candidates to succeed Venerandus when a veiled nun told them to let the Lord make the choice and he would come.
At that moment, Rusticus arrived, and the woman cried out that he was the one appointed by the Lord.
Rusticus succeeded as bishop of Clermont, and was bishop from 424 to 446.
He was succeeded by
Namatius
Namatius ( French: ''Namace'') is a saint in the Roman Catholic church. He was the eighth or ninth bishop of Clermont (then called ''Arvernis'') from 446 to 462, and founded Clermont's first cathedral, bringing the relics of Vitalis and Agri ...
, who was bishop from 446 to 462 and founded
Clermont Cathedral.
Monks of Ramsgate account
The
Monks of Ramsgate
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wrote in their ''
Book of Saints
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'' (1921),
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiography, hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douai, Douay, France where he later taught philosophy and theology. He s ...
(1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'' under September 24,
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Gallo-Roman saints
446 deaths