RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saturnin

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Saturnin of Toulouse (Latin: Saturninus, Occitan: Sarnin, French: Saturnin, Sernin, Catalan: Serni, Sadurní, Galician: Sadurninho and Portuguese: Saturnino, Sadurninho, Basque: Satordi, Saturdi, Zernin, and Spanish: Saturnino, Serenín, Cernín) was one of the "Apostles to the Gauls" sent out (probably under the direction of Pope Fabian, 236–250) during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250–251) to Christianise Gaul after the persecutions under Emperor Decius had all but dissolved the small Christian communities. Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges. His feast day is 29 November. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saturnin is the 1,026th most popular religious figure (down from 860th in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 250th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saturnin ranks 1,026 out of 3,187Before him are Abdullah ibn Saba', Carlo Maria Viganò, Andrew Kim Taegon, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, John of Leiden, and Clemens August Graf von Galen. After him are Rupert of Salzburg, Abiathar, Euthymius the Great, Lambert of Maastricht, Abdullah ibn Salam, and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi.

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Among people born in 300, Saturnin ranks 27Before him are Domitianus II, Zeno of Verona, Cyriacus, Carausius, Bahram III, and Agathius. After him are Galeria Valeria, Eustathius of Antioch, Valerius Valens, Victorinus, Emperor Huai of Jin, and Saint Afra. Among people deceased in 300, Saturnin ranks 6Before him are Diophantus, Saint Christopher, Sasan, Bhāsa, and Achilles Tatius. After him are Meng Huo, Sabellius, Ma Dai, Minervina, Saint Martial, and Amelius.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Saturnin ranks 293 out of 1,024Before him are Paeonius (-500), Theramenes (-450), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), Leonnatus (-356), and Lycurgus of Athens (-390). After him are Julia Livilla (18), Alcamenes (-500), Katina Paxinou (1900), Chares of Lindos (-400), Antilochus (null), and Theaetetus (-417).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Saturnin ranks 19Before him are Porphyry of Gaza (347), Phoebe (50), Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), Athenagoras of Athens (133), Theodore Stratelates (281), and Isidore of Kiev (1385). After him are Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (1952), Joseph II of Constantinople (1360), Gregory V of Constantinople (1745), Aristides of Athens (150), Gregory III of Constantinople (1450), and Anastasios of Albania (1929).