Saint Aunarius (Aunacharius) (French: Aunaire, Aunachaire, Anachaire) (c.540 – c. 603 AD) was bishop of Auxerre during the 6th century.
[2] His administration is noted for certain important disciplinary measures that throw light on the religious and moral life of the Merovingian times.
He caused solemn litanies to be said daily in the chief centers of population, by rotation, and on the first day of each month in the larger towns and monasteries.
Aware that Aunarius held a degree of influence with the Frankish kings, Pope Pelagius II wrote to him, asking that he persuade the Franks to come to aid of Rome against the Lombards.
He held (in 578 or 585) the Council of Auxerre, an important synod of four bishops, seven abbots, thirty-five priests, and four deacons for the restoration of ecclesiastical discipline and the suppression of non-Christian religious practices.