FTP name this saint whose feast day is October 9, the first bishop of Paris and patron saint of France, often known as the Apostle of France.
Although this Italian-born missionary died around 258 A.D., he was first mentioned in the 6th century by Saint Gregory of Tours. Working on an island in a river near the city of Lutetia Parisorium, he was eventually captured along with Rusticus and Eleutherius. Often pictured as he was martyred-- headless, with a vine growing over the neck, and carrying his own head, his tomb grew into a famous abbey near the Seine. FTP name this saint whose feast day is October 9, the first bishop of Paris and patron saint of France, often known as the Apostle of France.
Although this Italian-born missionary died around 258 A.D., he was first mentioned in the 6th century by Saint Gregory of Tours.
Saint {Denis} (DE-NEE) or {Dionysius}