Rusticus of Clermont

Saint Rusticus of Clermont (Rustique, Rotiri) was bishop of Clermont in Auvergne from 424 or 426 until 446, the seventh in the line. He was a priest in Clermont, a native who administered a parish there, when Bishop Venerandus died at the end of 423.

The story of his election is known from Gregory of Tours. After Venerandus died, the citizens were disputing over the successor, when a veiled nun told them to let the Lord choose, and that He would come. At that moment Rusticus arrived, and the woman cried out that he was the one appointed by the Lord. He was bishop for twenty years, and his successor was Namatius, the builder of Clermont Cathedral. He is commemorated on 24 September, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.