Born in Greece around the beginning of the 3rd century, Saturninus grew up to be a priest and a missionary. 

In 245, Pope Fabian sent him to Gaul to help St. Trophimus develop The Church in the region and in just five years they had enough followers to establish a diocese in Toulouse where Saturninus was the first Bishop. 

To get to their new Church the converts had to pass before several altars dedicated to pagan gods. As the number of Christians increased, pagan priests grew increasingly hostile to those passing by their pagan altars, saying that the oracles had been silenced by the presence of the new Christians. 

In 257, the pagan priests had Saturninus arrested, and tried to get him to deny his faith by worshiping their gods, but he repeatedly refused, saying; “I adore one God only, and to Him I am ready to offer a sacrifice of praise. Your gods are devils and are more delighted in the sacrifice of your souls than those of your bulls. How can I fear them who, as you acknowledge, tremble before a single Christian.” 

Seeing they could not force Saturninus to recant, they tied him to a wild bull which dragged him through town until the rope broke, by which time he had long been dead. 

Two Christian women buried his remains in a deep ditch, over which a small chapel was built in the 4th century, and in the 14th century, a larger Church was built and named, Our Lady of The Bull. 

St. Saturninus, please pray for us.