Exuperius

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Saint

Exuperius
13th century reliquary holding Exuperius' relics. Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse.
Bishop
Bornunknown
Diedc. 410
Major shrineToulouse
Feast28 September
Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse
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Exuperius (also Exsuperius) (

Bishop of Toulouse
at the beginning of the 5th century.

Life

His place and date of birth are unknown. Upon succeeding

Precious Blood in a vessel of glass. In respect of his virtues and in gratitude for his gifts, Jerome dedicated his Commentary on Zacharias
to him.

Exuperius is best known in connection with the biblical canon. He had written to Pope Innocent I for instructions concerning the canon and several points of ecclesiastical behaviour. In reply, the Pope honoured him with the letter Consulenti Tibi, dated 20 February 405, which contained a list of the canonical scriptures.[4]

The opinion of

Baronius, that bishop Exuperius was the same person as the rector with the same name, is usually rejected, as the rector was a teacher of Hannibalianus and Dalmatius, nephews of Constantine the Great, and therefore from an earlier period than the bishop. From Jerome's letter to Furia in 394, and from the epistle of Paulinus to Amandus of Bordeaux in 397, it seems probable that Exuperius was a priest at Rome, and later at Bordeaux
before he was raised to the episcopate—though it is possible that in both of these letters reference is made to a different person.

The precise date of his promotion to the bishop is unknown. Evidence suggests that he occupied the See of Toulouse in February 405 (as is evident from the letter of Innocent I mentioned above). It is sometimes said that Jerome reproached him in a letter to Riparius, a priest of Spain, for tolerating the heretic Vigilantius; but as Vigilantius did not belong to the diocese of Toulouse, Jerome was probably speaking of another bishop.

Exuperius was venerated as a saint from early times. In the time of Gregory of Tours he was held in equal veneration with Saturninus. His feast occurs on 28 September. The first martyrologist to assign it to this date was Usuard, who wrote towards the end of the 9th century.

References

  1. ^ St. Exuperius - Catholic Online
  2. ^ Goyau, Georges. "Toulouse." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 12 Jun. 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "St. Exuperius - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  4. ^ including the deuterocanonical books of the Catholic Canon. The assertion of non-Catholic writers that the Canon of Innocent I excluded the Apocrypha is not true, if they mean to extend the term "Apocrypha" to the deuterocanonical books.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Exuperius". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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