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Hieromartyr

Tetricus of Auxerre

Bishop of Auxerre

An abbot and later Bishop of Auxerre, slain in 707.

Feast
April 12old style April 25
Reposed
7078th century
Place
St Germanus
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Tetricus of Auxerre was abbot of the monastery of Saint Germanus in Auxerre in France and then, by popular acclamation, bishop of Auxerre. He was murdered in his sleep in 707. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 12 April (new style; 25 April in the old style).

Commemorated the same day April 12