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	Germanus of Auxerre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Gaulish assembly of bishops chose Germanus and Lupus, Bishop of Troyes to visit the island to combat the threat and satisfy the Pope that the British church would not break away from the Augustinian teachings of divine grace.
		Germanus made a second visit to Britain in the 440s, joined by Severus, Bishop of Trier and meeting Elafius, described by Bede as 'a chief of that region'.
		Germanus cured Elafius' enfeebled son and this miracle served to persuade the population again that Gaulish Catholicism rather than Pelagianism was the true faith.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Germanus_of_Auxerre (741 words)

	Germanus of Auxerre, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Popes Celestine I and Leo I sent him to England (429, 447) to combat Pelagianism; on the first occasion he was accompanied by the deacon Palladius, first recorded missionary to Ireland.
		On his second trip, Germanus led the Britons in the defeat, located by tradition near Mold, Wales, of an Irish and Pictish marauding party.
		As it was Easter, the war cry was Alleluia, and the battle is called the Alleluia Victory.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ge/Germanus.html (142 words)

	Britannia: St. Germanus' Visit to Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bishops Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes, after a British appeal to the church in Gaul, were dispatched by Pope Celestine I to Britain to combat the preaching of the Pelagian heresy.
		Germanus was asked to bless the force which was to be sent out to fight the Irish.
		Germanus deployed his troops around the walls of a valley, now called Maes Garmon about 1 mile NW of the town of Mold in Flintshire, northeast Wales, and lay in ambush, waiting for the enemy.
	www.britannia.com /history/bb429.html (405 words)

	St. Germanus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Germanus was sent to Britain to defend the church there against Pelagianism, which recently had manifested itself.
		At a council assembled by Germanus to condemn Vortigern for an incestuous relationship with his daughter, the king attempted to convince the assembly that the child belonged to Germanus.
		Germanus reared the boy, himself, who was said to have founded a monastery that still stood.
	itsa.ucsf.edu /~snlrc/britannia/earlychurch/germanus.html (719 words)

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		Germanus, according to appearances, was not of outstanding piety during his youth, though of noble birth; his forebears were lords of the county of Auxerre in Gaul in the 5
		Returning then to Auxerre, he indulged his passion for hunting, and when advised by Saint Amator, the bishop of Auxerre, that his habits were not edifying, paid no attention to the admonition.
		He then tonsured Germanus and clothed him with the ecclesiastical habit, taking him by surprise during an assembly of the faithful, and informing him there that he was destined to be his successor.
	www.infocatholic.com /viewSaint.aspx?SID=288 (587 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Germain of Auxerre
		Germanus of Auxerre, known in France and elsewhere as Germain of Auxerre (c.
		Germanus and Lupus confronted the Pelagians at a public meeting before a huge crowd.
		This was presumably to the dismay of the Pelagians who disapproved of the worship of martyrs.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Germanus_of_Auxerre (711 words)

	WesternOrthodox.com - Ss. Germanus & Lupus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HIS Germanus was the man that God raised up to strengthen the ancient British Church, and deliver it from the heresy of the British monk Pelagius.
		Germanus was born about the year 380, at Auxerre, of a Christian noble family.
		He went to God in peace in 478 ; and during his episcopate he was of great assistance to the apostolic labours of Saint Germanus in driving forth the enemies of the Faith (namely, the Pelagians) from Gaul and Britain, and in establishing the faithful in godliness and peace.
	www.westernorthodox.com /kalendar/0731.htm (379 words)

	Elafius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During a visit to Britain by Germanus of Auxerre in c.
		Elafius is mentioned as being regionis illius primus' or 'leader of that region' in chapters 26 and 27 of Constantius of Lyon's hagiography of Germanus and also in Chapter XXI of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England.
		By means of comparison, a Briton Germanus is recorded as having met seventeen years earlier, in 429, is described by Constantius as being of tribunician rank.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elafius (292 words)

	The abbey of Saint-Germain of Auxerre
		Amator dying shortly afterward, Germanus is elected unanimously to the episcopal seat.
		Once bishop, Germanus, converted to his new mission, adopts the rigor of asceticism, and turns to the service of the Church and the faithful.
		His body is transported to Auxerre where he is buried in the oratory that he had built in honour of Saint Maurice of Agaune.
	www.culture.gouv.fr /culture/arcnat/auxerre/en/his/pag/ger_rep.htm (215 words)

	Germanus of Auxerre, St - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Germanus of Auxerre, St (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He became an ascetic when he was elected bishop of Auxerre in 418.
		Germanus was from a noble family of Auxerre and became an advocate in Rome.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Germanus+of+Auxerre,+St (132 words)

	Constantius of Lyon
		Germanus, then, was a native of the town of Auxerre, born of parents of the highest rank, and was from the earliest childhood given a liberal education.
		A large number of bishops gathered in synod to consider the matter and all turned for help to the two who in everybody's judgment were the leading lights of religion, namely Germanus and Lupus, apostolic priests who through their merits were citizens of heaven, though their bodies were on earth.
		Germanus could see that the people as a whole had persevered in the faith in which he had left them and the bishops realized that the fallings-away had been the work only of a few.
	www.vortigernstudies.org.uk /artsou/constex.htm (2750 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : The Conversion of Ireland
		It was probably soon after this vision of St. Patrick's that a great churchman from Gaul, St. Germanus of Auxerre, was sent to Britain by Pope Celestine, together with the deacon Palladius, to examine the state of the church there.
		Germanus' mission took place in 429; Britain, though abandoned by Rome and periodically attacked from the sea by barbarian raiders, had not yet been overrun.
		Germanus probably told him that he needed more education first, for Patrick knew little Latin, and sent him to Auxerre for this purpose.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=101 (1388 words)

	Germain of Auxerre - TheBestLinks.com - Germanus of Auxerre, Britain, Pelagianism, Saint, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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		AD 378 - no later than 448), bishop of Auxerre in Gaul visited Britain in 429 in response to a report of Pelagianism there.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Germanus_of_Auxerre.html (204 words)

	AllRefer.com - Auxerre, France (French Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Auxerre gave its name to the medieval county of Auxerrois.
		Germanus of Auxerre was bishop there in the 5th cent.
		The former abbatial church of St. Germain (13th cent.) is built on crypts dating back to the 6th cent.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Auxerre.html (217 words)

	Heritage: Cadfan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At a council assembled by Germanus to condemn Vortigern for a relationship with his own daughter, the king attempted to convince the assembly that the child belonged to Germanus.
		The Saint Germanus then led attempt to break the illicit union, fasting until the fortress to which Vortigern had retreated suddenly was destroyed by fire sent from heaven and swallowed up in the earth.
		Germanus reared the boy, himself, who then became a Saint and was said to have founded a monastery that still stood in the time of Nennius.
	home.earthlink.net /~ibormeith/h_files_articles/cadfan.htm (2059 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Germanus of Auxerre
		He led a worldly life, and frequently hung hunting trophies on an enormous, ancient tree that had been an object of worship by local pagans.
		This led to condemnation by Saint Amator, bishop of Auxerre, who said he set a terrible example, and was leading people back to their pagan origins.
		When Saint Amator died soon ofter, Germain was unanimously chosen bishop of Auxerre on 7 July 418.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintg4r.htm (405 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint Germain, Bishop of Auxerre
		His body, as he requested when dying, was brought back to Auxerre and interred in the Oratory of St. Maurice, which he had built.
		There it was preserved till 1567, when Auxerre was taken by the Huguenots, who desecrated the shrine and cast out the relics.
		It has been said that the relics were afterwards picked up and placed in the Abbey of St. Marion on the banks of the Yonne, but the authenticity of the relics in this church has never been canonically recognized.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06472b.htm (1010 words)

	Saints of July 31
		Shortly thereafter he was consecrated bishop of Auxerre.
		In art, Saint Germanus is a bishop with an ass at his feet.
		Saint Sigfrid, apostle of Sweden, brought the noble matron Helen of Vastergötland to the faith.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0731.htm (2356 words)

	Germanus of Auxerre, Saint on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		GERMANUS OF AUXERRE, SAINT [Germanus of Auxerre, Saint], d.
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	www.encyclopedia.com /html/g/germanus.asp (315 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive Kids: A Saint a Day - St. Genevieve
		When she was seven years old, Genevieve met Saint Germanus of Auxerre on his way to England.
		Her holy face caught his attention when he was preaching and after his sermon he spoke with her and found that she wanted very much to live her life for Jesus.
		Germanus then talked with Genevieve's parents and told them how special their daughter was.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /kids/saints/0103.asp (325 words)

	Singing the Song: 31 July -- Germans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Germanus of Auxerre was born c.378 and held high office in Auxerre, having been trained as a lawyer and practiced in Rome.
		In 418 his reputation was such that he was elected bishop of Auxerre, despite being married [was he a widower?
		Germanus is the patron of one of the two parish churches at Wiggenhall.
	www.kershaw.org.uk /song/germans.html (120 words)

	Additional Reading (from Saint Germanus of Auxerre) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		E.A. Thompson, Saint Germanus of Auxerre and the End of Roman Britain (1984).
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		Auxerre's most notable landmark, the Cathedral of Saint-Étienne (13th–16th-century Gothic), has...
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	Icon of St. Germanus of Auxerre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Germanus or Germaine was born at Auxerre and became Bishop of that place after having worked in the government of Rome.
		He made two journeys to Britain to combat the heresy of Pelagianism, defended St. Genevieve from mobs that would have lynched her, and reposed at Ravenna, then seat of the imperial court, interceding for the people.
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	Erl of Tolous, Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		F&H note that this St. Germaine refers to Germanus of Auxerre, who "led a British army against the Picts and the Scots in 429 A.D. His name is preserved in several Welsh place-names" (p.
		On the death of Amator, bishop of Auxerre, in 418, Germanus was chosen as his successor.
		He is often confused with Germanus of Auxerre.
	www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/teams/erltonts.htm (3519 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first reference to the cult of Alban is found in a V Century life of St.
		Germanus of Auxerre, who visited a shrine during his preaching crusade against Pelagianism in Britain.
		Gildas, in the VI Century, relates the story of Alban's martyrdom, and Bede details the story and discusses a church dedicated to the martyr.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/alban.html (250 words)

	A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Addressing himself to the child, he dwelt on the high state of virginity, and engaged her to consecrate herself.
		Before departing St. Germanus reminded her of her promise, and gave her a brazen coin marked with the cross, to wear as her only ornament.
		When St. Germanus arrived in Paris on a second journey to Britain, he asked tidings of St. Genovefa, and was met with the murmurs of her detractors.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/wace/biodict.Genovefa.html (638 words)

	Saint Germanus of Auxerre -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		French Germain Gallic prelate who was twice sent on crucial missions to England that helped effect the consolidation of the British church.
		After practicing law at Rome, Germanus was made a provincial governor in Armorica (ancient region in France) by the Western Roman emperor Flavius…
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	ST GERMANUS OF AUXERRE : The Christian Saint...
		ST GERMANUS OF AUXERRE: The Patron Saint of Auxerre in France
		As it happened, he hung these trophies on an enormous old tree which, not so long ago, had been worshipped by the common folk as the spirit of a pagan God.
		The Bishop of Auxerre was most displeased at this non-Christian display and chopped the tree down.
	www.godchecker.com /saints/index.php?ST=GERMANUS-OF-AUXERRE (206 words)

	La Trobe University - Library: Medieval Music Database - Annual cycle of feasts of liturgical chant, liturgical ...
		Germanum episcopum omnium vox Antiphon for Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre
		Germanus plenus Spiritu Responsory for Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre
		Germanus vir apostolicus Antiphon for Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre
	www.lib.latrobe.edu.au /MMDB/Alist/AfileG7.htm (725 words)

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