Saturnin

Saint Saturnin
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.