Saint Maturinus, or Mathurin (died ca. 300 AD) was a French exorcist and missionary venerated as a saint. The first source to mention Maturinus is the Martyrology of Usuard, written in 875. In the next century, a biography of Maturinus was composed. According to his legend, Maturinus was born in Liricantus (now Larchant). His parents, Marinus and Euphemia, were pagan. His father was entrusted by Maximian with the task of exterminating the Christians of the region. He became a priest at the age of twenty, and took care of the diocese when the local bishop went to Rome.