Hieromartyr
Germanus of Besançon
Bishop of Besançon
Bishop of Besançon, slain for Christ around 390.
- Feast
- October 11old style October 24
- Reposed
- 3904th century
- Place
- Besançon
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Germanus of Besançon followed Saint Desideratus as Bishop of Besançon in France, and, according to tradition, was slain by the Arians around 390. He is commemorated on 11 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of his life.
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