Trophimus of Arles

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Saint

Trophimus of Arles
Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrineChurch of St. Trophime, Arles
Feast29 December (Roman Catholic Church); 4 January (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Attributesbishop carrying his eyes; bishop having his eyes put out; bishop standing with lions
Patronageagainst drought; against gout; Arles; children[1]

According to

bishop of Arles
, in today's southern France.

History

It was an early tradition of the Catholic Church

Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges
.

Gregory of Tours, apparently quoting from the Acta of Saint Saturninus, says in effect that Trophimus arrived in Gaul with the first bishops of Tours, Paris, and other cities after the middle of 3rd century, in the consulate of Decius and Gratus.[3]

From the mid-fifth century

church at Arles dedicated to him, built from the 12th century onwards over a third-century crypt, is one of the monuments of Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Provence. In its cloister a corner figure in the north gallery, dated about 1180, represents Trophimus.[4]

Trophimus is considered by the Catholic Church the protector of those with gout.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ In 417 Pope Zosimus wrote letters to the bishops of Gaul, in favour of Patroclus, bishop of Arles. In one he mentions that the Holy See had sent Trophimus into Gaul, where he was the source of "true faith", which implicitly contrasts Trophimus with the Arianism current among the Goths in control of Arles at the time Zosimus was writing.[2]
  2. Pope Leo the Great
    that Trophimus had been sent out by Saint Peter.
  3. St Denis the Areopagite
    .

References

  1. ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Trophimus of Arles
  2. ^ "Trophimus, bishop and confessor of Arles", The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity, University of Oxford
  3. ^ Bennett, S.A., "Trophimus, 1st bishop of Arles", Dictionary of Early Christian Biography, (Henry Wace, ed.), John Murray and Co., London, 1911
  4. ^ Berhard Rupprecht, Romanische Skulptur in Frankreich, (Munich) 1975:132-35.
  5. ^ Pietrangeli (1979), p. 16

Sources

  • Pietrangeli, Carlo (1979). Guide rionali di Roma (in Italian). Vol. Regola (III) (2 ed.). Roma: Fratelli Palombi Editori.

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