Feastday: May 20
Death: 624
Bishop and abbot, also called Outril. He was the son of a Bourges nobleman who faced an ordeal by battle at the court of King Guntramnus. When his opponent died just before the ordeal, Austregisilus turned from the world. lie became a priest and was ordained by St. Aetherius. Entering Nazaire Abbey in Lyon, he became abbot, and in 612 was named bishop of Bourges, France.
Saint Austregisilus (Outril(le), Aoustrille) (died 624) was bishop of Bourges from 612 to 624. His feast day is 20 May.
Life
A native of Bourges, he was educated as a courtier, he became an attendant at the Court of King Gontram at Chalon-sur-Saone. However, Austregisilus wanted to become a monk and entered the abbey of Saint-Nizier at Lyon, where he became abbot. He was elected bishop of Bourges in 612.
He ordained Sulpitius the Pious. Saint Amand studied under him.
The villages of Saint-Outrille and Saint-Aoustrille are named after him.
