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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Auctor of Metz

Bishop of Metz

Bishop of Metz in Gaul, of the 5th century.

Feast
August 9old style August 22
Reposed
5005th century
Place
Metz
Order
Hierarchs

Life

Holy Hierarch Auctor of Metz was the thirteenth bishop of Metz in France, in the fifth century; he is also called Autor or Adinctor. In 830 his relics were translated to the monastery of Marmoutier. He is a saint of the undivided Church, remembered on 9 August in the Western calendar (new style).

Commemorated the same day August 9