Austromoine

Stremonius (French Austremoine ) was the first bishop of Auvergne. His ( applicable only in the diocese of Clermont ) patronage is the 8th of November. He was one of seven bishops consecrated men who were sent by Gregory of Tours ( 538-594 ) at the time of the Emperor Decius, so in the years 249-251 to the mission to Gaul, where he located on a 5th from the century Passio of Saturninus of Toulouse relates. The other missionaries were: Gatianus of Tours, Trophimus of Arles, Paul of Narbonne, Saturninus of Toulouse, Denis of Paris and Martial of Limoges, which are each the first bishops of their diocese.

To Stremonius reported Gregor that he could carry out his mission and died in peace. After his death, his body was transferred to Volvic before King Pepin ( Pippin the Younger 848 764 or Pepin II of Aquitaine ) was to bring the relics to the abbey Mozac, even if the Abbey and the Bishopric of Clermont Issoire they claimed for themselves. Middle of the 9th century, the skull of the bishop was then brought to Saint - Yvoine before he returned to 900 after Issoire where Stremonius was originally buried.

Gallery

Statue and glass windows to Stremonius ( Austremoine ) in Issoire

Swell

• Passio Saturnini ( early 5th century ), Bibliotheca Latina Hagiographica 7495-7496
• Gregory of Tours. In: Bruno Krusch, Wilhelm Levison (ed.): Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum 1.1: Gregorii Turonensis Opera. Part 1: Libri historiarum X. Hannover 1937 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized version ), I, 30