Marcian of Saignon

Marcian of Saignon was born at Saignon in the Vaucluse in the south of France. He was a hermit and founded the monastery of Saint Eusebius at Apt. He reposed in the year 485. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 25 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 7 September of the civil calendar. We have no further details of his life.