Saint Ausonius of Angoulême

Ausone was born in Mortagne-sur-Gironde, on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, before becoming the first bishop of Angoulême. His feast day is May 22. The Gallo-Roman villa where he lived overlooked the estuary from a promontory containing several prehistoric layers, dating back to the era of Lascaux located upstream. He gave his name to a suburb of Angoulême where a Benedictine abbey and a church were built, near his tomb.