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St. Eugenius of Paris

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St. Eugenius of Paris

Martyr

Eugenius is remembered as a martyr associated with Denis of Paris. Butler records the later translation of his relics to Toledo and distinguishes him from its learned archbishop.

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The life below remains the existing Butler-based reading, with its edition citation. The profile preserves the feast date and source title already listed in the library. Additional personal dates and historical details are shown only when separately documented.

Identity distinguished: The martyr associated with Denis of Paris
Butler explicitly distinguishes this martyr from the learned archbishop of Toledo.

Butler sourceAlban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 15, “St Eugenius, Martyr,” pp. 324-325.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints (1846)Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 15, “St Eugenius, Martyr,” pp. 324-325.

The reading

ⓘ Butler source

Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 15, “St Eugenius, Martyr,” pp. 324-325.

Butler remembers Eugenius as a disciple of St. Denis, the first bishop of Paris, and places his martyrdom at Paris soon after that of his teacher. His short account follows the chronology of the New Paris Breviary.

The notice also records the later translation of the martyr’s relics to Toledo in Spain. His remembrance thus joined the church in which he had suffered with another city that honoured his remains.

Butler expressly warns that this martyr must not be confused with Eugenius, the learned archbishop of Toledo. The archbishop’s writings and seventh-century ministry belong to a different person and are not part of this martyr’s life.

Historical note

An original Novena Regina reading adapted and summarized from the cited pre-1962 sources. This is not a transcription of Butler’s words.

The association with Denis and the chronology follow the older notice cited by Butler. This martyr is distinct from Eugenius, archbishop and writer of Toledo.

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