Exuperius
Bishop of Toulouse
Feast: 28 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Exuperius was Bishop of Toulouse at the beginning of the fifth century, succeeding St. Silvius and finishing the basilica of St. Saturninus. St. Jerome praised him for his generosity to the monks of Palestine, Egypt and Libya and to his own people, then suffering from the invading Vandals, Alans and Suevi; he even sold the altar vessels for the poor and carried the Eucharist in a wicker basket and a glass vessel.
He is best known for asking Pope Innocent I about the list of books of Scripture: the pope's reply of February 405 gives the canon of Scripture as the Church has it today. He was still living in 411.
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
A generous bishop of Toulouse to whom Pope Innocent I sent the list of the books of Scripture.
Connected on this site
- Innocent I Saint“He is best known for asking Pope Innocent I about the list of books of Scripture: the pope's reply of February 405 gives the canon of Scripture as the Church has it today.” — this site's research
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Saint Exuperius
- Roman Martyrology, 28 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1232795 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Exuperius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.