Pragmatius of Autun

Saint Pragmatius was bishop of Autun in Gaul at the beginning of the sixth century and died around 520. He is commemorated on 22 November, in the Catholic Church.

His name appears in the sources also in the forms Pragnacius, Pragmace, Pragmat or Pragnace. He tried to keep the diocese from the bitter dissensions that followed the enmity among the claimants to the Frankish throne at the beginning of the sixth century. He was a friend of Saint Avitus of Vienne and took part in at least one of the councils of the time.

The sources also call him a friend of Sidonius Apollinaris, but the latter died long before, so the connection is uncertain.

He lived before the separation of the Churches, and so he is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church.