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Holy Venerable Martyrs

Altigianus and Hilarinus

Monks of Saint-⁠Seine in Burgundy, slain by the Saracens around 731.

Feast
August 23old style September 5
Reposed
7318th century
Place
Saint-⁠Seine
Order
Martyrs

Life

Altigianus and Hilarinus were monks of the monastery of Saint-⁠Seine in Burgundy in France. They were killed by the Saracens around the year 731. They are saints of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

Their commemoration falls on 23 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 5 September of the civil calendar. We have no further details of their lives.

Commemorated the same day August 23