Saturnin | |
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 The Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, from a 14th-century manuscript | |
| Apostle to the Gauls Bishop and Martyr | |
| Born | third century Patras, Greece |
| Died | c. AD 257 Toulouse, Gaul (modern-day France) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | Basilique St-Sernin, Toulouse |
| Feast | 29 November |
| Attributes | A bishop's mitre, a bishop being dragged by a bull, a bull |
| Patronage | Toulouse, France |
Saturnin of Toulouse (Latin: Saturninus, Occitan: Sarnin, French: Saturnin, Sernin, Catalan: Serni, Sadurní, Galician: Sadurninho and Portuguese: Saturnino, Sadurninho, Basque: Satordi, Saturdi, Zernin, and Spanish: Saturnino, Serenín, Cernín) was one of the "Apostles to the Gauls" sent out (probably under the direction of Pope Fabian, 236–250) during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250–251) to Christianise Gaul after the persecutions under Emperor Decius had all but dissolved the small Christian communities. Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges. His feast day is 29 November.