Tag: Who was Marcian of Auxerre (Marian)?

St Marcian was a native of Bourges in central France. He was born into a humble family and died in around the year 470. A fugitive from Bourges, when occupied by the Visigoths, he was accepted by St Mamertinus as a lay-brother into the Monastery of St Germanus at Auxerre. St Marcian welcomed the menial and…