Saint Justus of Beauvais
Also known as: Justus of Louvre; Justus of Parisis; Justin of….
Feast Day
18 October; 11 October in Zutphen, Netherlands
Born
278 at Auxerre, France
Died
Beheaded in 285 at Beauvais, France; majority of relics in the cathedral in Paris, but others in Zutphen, Netherlands and smaller locations in France, Belgium and England
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Biography
Saint Justus of Beauvais, venerated as a child martyr, was born in the late third century during the reign of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. While accompanying his father on a mission to Amiens, France, to ransom or rescue an imprisoned relative amid the empire’s widespread persecution of Christians, the nine-year-old boy was denounced to pagan authorities as a Christian magician. Questioned at Beau
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