Altigianus

Altigianus was a Frankish Benedictine monk at the abbey of Saint-⁠Seine in Burgundy, killed by the Saracens in the year 731. He is venerated as a holy martyr in the Western Church and commemorated on 23 August, together with his companion Hilarinus.

Nothing is known of his life; he was a monk of the 8th century. In his time the Saracens invaded Carolingian France. He died in 731 at Saint-⁠Seine, killed with the sword by the invaders who broke by force into the monastery where he lived in seclusion. A year later Charles Martel drove the Saracens out of the region, defeating them at Poitiers.