Urbicus of Clermont

Saint Urbicus was the second bishop of the city of Clermont in Gaul, in the fourth century. According to some lists he died in 312. He is commemorated on 3 April.

Gregory of Tours says that Urbicus was a senator who was brought to the Christian faith. He lived apart from his wife, but one day she came back to him to tempt him. Urbicus yielded, but was soon seized by deep regret and went to repent in a monastery.

He died in 312 and was buried outside the city, on the spot where a monastery was later built. He was then placed in the crypt of the monastery, together with the body of his wife, whom he had married while a bishop, and the body of his daughter. Later his relics were moved to a church. The year 312 fits uneasily with the account, which places him in the fourth century, so the date is uncertain.

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