(A.D. 675.)
[Venerated at Soissons. Mentioned in some of the additions to
Usuardus, and later Martyrologies. Authority:--A Life by a native of
Soissons shortly after his translation, four years after the death of
the saint.]
Drausinus or Drausius was a native of Soissons, and was the son of
pious parents of noble rank. He was educated by S. Anseric, bishop of
Soissons, on whose death he was called to fill his place. His virtues
and charity caused him to be venerated as a saint immediately after his
death. S. Thomas-à-Becket had recourse to his intercession when he was
in France, before returning to England.
His relics were dispersed at the French Revolution, but his tomb, a
very interesting specimen of Gallo-Roman art, is preserved in the
Louvre. The Society of Antiquaries at Soissons has made many attempts
to recover it for the cathedral at Soissons, but hitherto in vain.