Saint Eustase

Eustache also known as Eustace or Eustase of Bourges or Autun where he originated, was a 6th-century priest who became bishop of Bourges.[1][2] He trained at the Abbey of Saint-Symphorien, Autun.

For the 2nd century saint, see Saint Eustace.

Eustache first became deacon and archdeacon of Autun,[3] was elected archbishop of Bourges, after the death of Severe Sulpice on 29 January 591 and was the 20th to occupy the episcopal see, he left to his successor Apolinaire.[4] In Bourges the Roman Catholic Church honoured him as a saint on 31 December.[5]

References
  1. La Vie des saints composées ..., t.X, Paris, chez Jean-Thomas Herissant, libraire rue St Jacques, 1739, p.226.
  2. Les Petits Bollandistes, dans La vie des saints, t.X, p.248-254.
  3. Martyrologe universel contenant le texte du Martyrologe romain..., Paris, 1709, chez Frédéric Léonard, impr. rue St Jacques à l'Ecu de Venise, p.663.
  4. Histoire de l'Église d'Autun, à Autun chez P.P. Dejussieu, 1774, p.506.
  5. Chronologie des saints, Paris, chez Jean de Nully rue Saint Jacques 1707, p.339.


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