Saints Acheolus (or Acheul) and Acius were early Christian martyrs in
Gaul
Gaul ( la, Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic and Aquitani tribes, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Switzerland, parts of Northern Italy (only durin ...
. They are associated with
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
, where Acheolus's name was given to an ancient church, later an abbey.
Butler's account
The martyrologist
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.
Biography
Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died whe ...
wrote in his ''The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints'' (1821),
Miscellaneous
Acheolus and Achius are honored on 1 May.
The emblem of Acheolus is an instrument resembling a
wimble.
According to
E. Cobham Brewer
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (2 May 1810 in Norwich – 6 March 1897 in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire), was a British lexicographer and the author of ''A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar'', ''Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable'' ...
in ''A Dictionary of Miracles: Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic'' (1884),
The saint's name survives in the
Abbey of Saint-Acheul in the Saint-Acheul district of Amiens, and in the commune of
Saint-Acheul
Saint-Acheul is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is not to be confused with Saint-Acheul, a suburb of Amiens after which the Acheulean archaeological culture of the Lower Paleolithic is named.
Geogr ...
to the north of Amiens,
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Gallo-Roman saints
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3rd-century Christian martyrs