Benignus of Dijon
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Benignus of Dijon was a martyr honored as the patron saint and first herald of Christianity of Dijon, Burgundy. His feast falls, with All Saints, on November 1; his name stands under this date in the
Early Romanesque head of Benignus of Dijon. Archaeological museum of Dijon.
Cathedral of Saint Bénigne, Dijon
Relic of Saint Benignus of Dijon
Crypt of Benignus
Symphorian and Timotheus
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Symphorian, Timotheus, and Hippolytus of Rome are three Christian martyrs who, though they were unrelated and were killed in different places and at different times, shared a common feast day in the G
Benignus of Dijon
…the Rhone River and the Saône. Reaching Autun, they converted Symphorianus, son of the noble Faustus; Symphorianus was later martyred for his faith as Saint Symphorian. Benignus, now on his own, proselytized openly in different parts of Gaul, and performed numerous miracles despite the persecution of Christians…
The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres