Ursinus of Bourges

Gallo-Roman bishop and saint

Saint Ursinus of Bourges

Statue of Saint Ursinus. Villers-sur-le-Roule (Eure)

Died| 3rd century
Venerated in| Roman Catholic Church
Feast| November 9

Saint Ursinus of Bourges (French: Ursin) (3rd or 4th century) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and is considered the first bishop of Bourges.

Gregory of Tours' legendary account associated him with a Nathaniel, friend of Philip the Apostle, that he was present at the Last Supper, and read a lesson there. It also states that he was present at the martyrdom of Saint Stephen, and that Saint Peter sent him to Gaul as a missionary. Ursinus is not alone among founding bishops in France whose time of flourishing was moved back to the apostolic period, bolstering episcopal claims of primacy: as Hippolyte Delehaye writes, "To have lived amongst the Saviour's immediate following was...honorable...and accordingly old patrons of churches were identified with certain persons in the gospels or who were supposed to have had some part of Christ's life on earth."[1]

## External links

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* Saints of November 9: Ursinus of Bourges
* (in French) Saint Ursin

## Notes

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* Hippolyte Delehaye, The Legends of the Saints (Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1955), 37.

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