Saint Austregisilus (Outril(le), Aoustrille) (died 624) was bishop of Bourges from 612 to 624. His

feast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context does n ...

is 20 May.

Life

A native of

Bourges Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...

, he was educated as a

courtier A courtier () is a person who attends the royal court of a monarch or other royalty. The earliest historical examples of courtiers were part of the retinues of rulers. Historically the court was the centre of government as well as the officia ...

, he became an attendant at the Court of King Gontram at Chalon-sur-Saône.Monks of Ramsgate. “Austrogisilus”. ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 August 2012
/ref> However, Austregisilus wanted to become a

monk A monk (; from , ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many reli ...

and entered the

abbey An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christians, Christian monks and nun ...

of Saint-Nizier at

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, where he became abbot. He was elected bishop of Bourges in 612. He ordained

Sulpitius the Pious Sulpicius II. the Pious (; died 17 January 646) was a 7th-century bishop of Bourges and saint. Life According to his ''Vita'', Sulpicius was born at Vatan ( Diocese of Bourges), of noble parents, before the end of the sixth century. From h ...

Saint Amand Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium. Life The chief source of details of his ...

studied under him.Campbell, Thomas (1907). "St. Amandus", ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The villages of Saint-Outrille and

Saint-Aoustrille Saint-Aoustrille () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. It is named after the 7th-century Saint Austregisilus. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the ...

are named after him.

References

External links

Saint of the Day, May 20: ''Austregisilus of Bourges''
at ''SaintPatrickDC.org''

624 deaths 7th-century Frankish bishops Bishops of Bourges Year of birth unknown 7th-century Frankish saints Colombanian saints {{saint-stub