Saint Thyrsus of Saulieu

Thyrsus, also known as Thyrsus of Autun, was a Christian deacon and disciple of Polycarp of Smyrna (modern-day Izmir in Anatolia, formerly Asia Minor, in western Turkey). He was sent to Gaul in the 2nd century with the priest Andochius to preach the Gospel. He suffered martyrdom for his faith in 177 or 178 in the town of Saulieu, in the Côte-d'Or department of the Morvan region.