Saint Castor of Apt

Saint Castor of Apt (died ca. 420) was a bishop of Apt, in Gaul.

He was born in Nîmes and may have been the brother of Leontius of Fréjus, Saint Leontius of Fréjus. Castor was a lawyer and married to a wealthy widow. He lived in Marseilles. His wife, however, allowed him to enter the religious life; she herself entered a nunnery. Castor founded the monastery of Manauque (Monanque) in Provence which followed the monastic rule of John Cassian. He was subsequently made bishop of Apt, Vaucluse, Apt. He died of natural causes.

Saint John Cassian wrote the ''De institutis coenobiorum'' at the request of Castor.Dunlop-Wallace-Goodbody, F.G., "all that Remains of Forum Julii", ''The Gentleman's Magazine'', Vol. 297, Bradbury, Evans, 1904, p. 295
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His calendar of saints, feast day is September 2. His relics are still preserved in the cathedral of Apt, of which he is one of the patrons.

References

External links

Catholic Online: Castor of AptSaints of September 2: Castor of Apt

Saint Castor

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420 deaths
Bishops of Apt
5th-century bishops in Gaul
People from Nîmes
5th-century Christian saints
Gallo-Roman saints
Year of birth unknown