Aptatus

Holy Hierarch Aptatus was bishop of the city of Metz in the Frankish kingdom from 707 to 715. He succeeded Abbo II (Albo) in the see and shepherded the Church there until his repose around 715.

Before his episcopate he is said to have served at the court of King Clovis III; a charter from that circle, written in 691 by an official called "Abthadus", is attested, but it has not been proved that this is the same person. Saint Aptatus was buried in the abbey of Saint-⁠Symphorien at Metz, where his relics were kept. His memory is kept on 21 January, by the Western calendar (new style), in both the Catholic and the Orthodox Church. No testimony survives about his pastoral acts. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.