Praejectus was a 7th-century bishop of Clermont who lived in the Auvergne region. Born into the lesser nobility in 625, he studied under Bishop Genesius and served as both a priest and an abbot before ascending to the bishopric in 666. His leadership was marked by the establishment of several churches, hospitals, and monasteries. He died in 676 at Volvic, when he was stabbed to death alongside the abbot Amarinus during a period of intense political conflict.