Castor of Apt

Saint Castor of Apt

Born	4th century Nîmes, France
Died	ca. 420
Feast	2 September
Patronage	Apt, France

Castor of Apt (died ca. 420) was a bishop of Apt, in Gaul.

He was born in Nîmes and may have been the brother of Leontius of Fréjus. Castor was a lawyer and married to a wealthy widow. He lived in Marseilles. His wife, however, allowed him to enter the religious life; she herself entered a nunnery. Castor founded the monastery of Manauque (Monanque) in Provence which followed the monastic rule of John Cassian. He was subsequently made bishop of Apt. ^[1] He died of natural causes.

John Cassian wrote the De institutis coenobiorum at the request of Castor.^[2]

His feast day is September 2. His relics are still preserved in the cathedral of Apt, of which he is one of the patrons.

References

^ The Saints of the Diocese of Nîmes
^ Dunlop-Wallace-Goodbody, F.G., "all that Remains of Forum Julii", The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 297, Bradbury, Evans, 1904, p. 295