Aptonius of Angoulême

Aptonius of Angoulême (Aptonio) was bishop of Angoulême in the middle of the 6th century. The oldest episcopal catalogue of Angoulême, of the 10th century, puts him as the third bishop of the diocese, after Ausonius, venerated as the first bishop, and an anonymous one whose name was erased on the original parchment. Historically two other bishops are documented between Ausonius and Aptonius, Dynamius and Lupicinus, absent from the catalogue. His episcopate began between 541 and 542: his predecessor Lupicinus was still alive on 14 May 541, when he had himself represented by the presbyter Chierius at the council of Orléans. According to the Life of Saint Eparchius, written in the time of Aptonius, the hermit Eparchius was received by the bishop of Angoulême in 542. He took part in the council of Orléans of 28 October 549 and is still mentioned in the Life of Eparchius in 558. He is commemorated on 26 October, in the Western calendar (new style). A saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.