Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne

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Saint Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
Died	c. 625 AD
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church Orthodox Church
Major shrine	Saint-Ursanne; venerated at Basel, Besançon, and Mainz
Feast	December 20
Attributes	abbot with three lilies in his hand or holding a book and fleur-de-lys, surrounded by fleur-de-lys
Patronage	invoked against stiff neck

Saint Ursicinus (also Hursannus, Ursitz, Oschanne, fl. 600) was an Irish missionary and hermit in the Jura region.

Information

A vita of his is preserved in a redaction of the 11th century. According to this account, he was a disciple of Saint Columbanus at Luxeuil who followed his master when he was banished from Burgundy in 610, but then retired as a hermit in the Doubs valley. Veneration of Ursicinus is attested since the 7th century. In Grandval, a church was dedicated to Ursicinus in 675. By the 11th century, he was part of the local canon of saints of the Besançon diocese. His feast day was on 20 December. The supposed sarcophagus of Ursicinus is preserved in St-Ursanne in what is now the canton of Jura in Switzerland. In iconography, Ursicinus is depicted as holding a book and lilies in his hands.^{[citation needed]}

References

Notes

Andreas Merkt, Ursicinus in Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon, vol. 12 (1997).

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Name	Ursicinus Of Saint-Ursanne
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Short description	Swiss saint
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Date of death	625
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