Castor of Apt
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Castor of Apt
Saint Castor of Apt (died ca. 420) was a
bishop of Apt
, in
Gaul
. He was born in
Nîmes
and may have been the brother of
Saint Leontius of Fréjus
. Castor was a lawyer and married to a wealthy
widow
. He lived in
Marseilles
. His wife, however, allowed him to enter the religious life; she herself entered a
nunnery
. Castor founded the
monastery
of Manauque (Monanque) in
Provence
. He was subsequently made bishop of Apt. He died of
natural causes
.
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