Saint Baussenge

Baussenge Baussenge 5th-century deacon and martyr, apostle of Arcis-sur-Aube. was born towards the end of the 5th century in Limoges, according to some, or in Bourges, according to others. He received a very Christian education, to which he responded marvelously, and was early on admitted to the clergy, where he fulfilled his duties with edification. When he had received the diaconate, he left his homeland, driven by the desire for greater perfection, and came to the diocese of Troyes, under the episcopate of Aurelian . He exercised Arcis-sur-Aube Principal site of the saint's ministry and martyrdom. his ministry in Arcis-sur-Aube, of which he was, because of his preaching, regarded as the apostle. He visited the sick, consoled the afflicted, administered the Eucharist to the faithful, and God poured out the most abundant blessings upon hi s labors Vandales Barbarian people responsible for the saint's martyrdom. . When the Barbarians, Vandals, Alans, and others had crossed the Rhine, at the beginning of the 5th century, to ravage the Gauls, they came from the Reims region to Arcis-sur-Aube. Baussenge had the courage to reproach them for their cruelties and to exhort them to humanity. Irritated by his boldness, the Barbarians overwhelmed him with blows , at som la Dorée Precise site of the martyrdom near Arcis-sur-Aube. e distance from Arcis, in a place called La Dorée; after various tortures, they cut off his head. It was August 16, 407. Then was renewed the miracle tha saint Parre Saint cited in comparison for the miracle of cephalophory. t God had already performed for Saint Parre and Saint Savinien. Baussenge, animated by a new life, rose up and began to walk, carrying his head in his hands as if in triumph. At this spectacle, the Barbarians became furious; they rushed upon the Saint and threw him into the depths of a well, which they took care to wall up and cover with turf to erase even the trace of their abominable crime.