Africus of Comminges

Saint Africus was Bishop of Comminges, in southern France (now the department of Haute-⁠Garonne), in the seventh century. He is commemorated on 16 November.

Very little is known about him. He was a bishop and confessor in the town of Saint-⁠Bertrand-⁠de-⁠Comminges and was known for his zeal for the right faith. His tomb is, according to tradition, in the town of Saint-⁠Affrique, whose name recalls him.

The shrine with his holy relics, from the seventh century, was destroyed by the Calvinists. We have no other details of his life, and no formal act of canonization is known to us.