Saints Eutropius of Saintes (French: Saint Eutrope) is venerated as the first bishop of Saintes, France. According to tradition, he was a Roman or a Persian of royal descent who was sent to evangelize Gaul either by Saint Clement in the 1st century. He lived as a hermit near Saintes and converted to Christianity the governor's daughter, Saint Eustella. According to tradition, the governor was so enraged by his daughter’s conversion that he had both her and Eutropius killed. Eutropius was martyred by having his head split open with an axe. His feast day is commemorated on April 30.
Saint Clement of Rome or Pope Clement I(†99), was a Bishop of Rome, holding office from 88 to his death in 99 who is considered to be the first Apostolic Father of the Church. Clement was said to have been consecrated by Saint Peter, and he is known to have been a leading member of the church in Rome in the late 1st century. Saint Clement was martyred by being tied to an anchor and thrown from a boat into the Black Sea. The legend recounts that every year a miraculous ebbing of the sea revealed a divinely built shrine containing his bones. His feast day is commemorated on November 23 and he is a patron saint of Mariners and Stone-cutters.
Saint Aurelus (ca. †430)was Christian saint who was a bishop of Carthage from ca. 391 and led a number of ecclesiastical councils on Christian doctrine. Augustine of Hippo admired Aurelius, and a number of letters from Augustine to Aurelius have survived. Aurelius's relics were transferred to Hirsau Abbey in Germany and feast day is July 20.
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