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Aprunculus
bishop of Langres
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 14 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
488
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Clermont-Ferrand in the region of Aquitaine, in France, Saint Aprunculus, bishop, who, driven from the see of Langres by Gundobad, king of the Burgundians, came to Clermont-Ferrand and was placed at the head of that Church.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 14 May as a bishop driven from Langres who was made head of the Church of Clermont-Ferrand.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q622146 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.