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a statue of st. reverianus holding his head . june 1 , 273 ad gaul italy depicted his hands -rrb- as a cephalophore -lrb- holding his head in june 1 200px roman catholic church invoked against drought bishop and martyr villy-le-moutier -lrb- canton of nuits-saint-georges -rrb- , france file : fr-58-saint-révérien5 . jpg reverianus
 saint reverianus of autun
reverianus

saint reverianus of autun -lrb- , also `` revenerius , rivianus , reverentianus '' , `` reveriano , reverie '' -rrb- -lrb- died june 1 , 273 ad -rrb- was a 3rd century bishop of autun .
according to tradition , reverianus was of italian origin , he was sent by pope felix i to evangelize the aedui , a gallic people of gallia lugdunensis and is considered the `` apostle of the morvan . ''
according to usuard , he was persecuted during the reign of the emperor aurelian .
according to tradition , reverianus ' preaching and conversions came to the attention of emperor aurelian , who was visiting the province of sens at the time .
also executed with reverianus were his companion , named st. paul or paulus of autun , along with 10 other followers .
according to one source , `` the name is not mentioned by earlier writers , and the first bishop of autun seems to have been reticius , who was present at the synod of rome a.d. 313 , and at arles in the following year . ''
reverianus may have been revered as a bishop because he was the leader of this group of preachers .
he may not have been executed at autun itself but at the site of the town named after him .
according to a tradition at nevers , reverianus was executed outside of the city walls of that city .
