Saint Drausinus of Soissons

Also known as

• Drausius
• Drausin

Memorial

• 7 March

Profile

Bishop of Soissons, France. Established several foundations, even getting the tyrant Ebroin, who cared nothing for the Church, to help establish a chapel for sick nuns. Mediaeval legend says that to spend the night at Drausinus’ tomb made one invincible; whole platoons of soldiers used to camp out at the tomb the night before a battle. His patronage also helps thwart the plans of your enemies, and Saint Thomas Becket visited the tomb before returning to the treachery he knew awaited him at home.

Died

• c.674 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against enemy plots
• champions
• invincible people

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Drausinus of Soissons”. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 March 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-drausinus-of-soissons/>