Saint
Nicetius of Besançon
Bishop of Besançon
Bishop of Besançon in Gaul, reposed around 611.
- Feast
- February 8old style February 21
- Reposed
- 6117th century
- Place
- Besançon
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Holy Hierarch Nicetius of Besançon was Bishop of Besançon in France and a friend of Saint Columbanus of Luxeuil, and he reposed in the year 611. The episcopal see had been moved to Nyon on Lake Geneva after the invasion of the Huns, and Nicetius restored it to Besançon. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 8 February (new calendar).
Commemorated the same day February 8
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