Saturninus
Sign in to saveSaturnin of Toulouse (, , , , and , , and ) was one of the "Apostles to the Gauls" sent out (probably under the direction of Pope Fabian, 236–250) during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250–251) to Christianise Gaul after the persecutions under Emperor Decius had all but dissolved the small Christian communities. Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges. His feast day is 29 November.
Person
- Born
- 0300-01-01
- Died
- 0257-00-00
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Saturnin
- Saint.birth_date
- third century
- Saint.death_date
- c. AD 257
- Saint.feast_day
- 29 November
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Saturninus vignay.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 275px
- Saint.caption
- The Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, from a 14th-century manuscript
- Saint.birth_place
- Patras, Greece
- Saint.death_place
- Toulouse, Gaul (modern-day France)
- Saint.titles
- Apostle to the GaulsBishop and Martyr
- Saint.canonized_date
Key dates
- Died
- 257
- Born
- 1 January 300
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Patras
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- bishop
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Saturninus vignay.jpg
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Saturnin of Toulouse (, , , , and , , and ) was one of the "Apostles to the Gauls" sent out (probably under the direction of Pope Fabian, 236–250) during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250–251) to Christianise Gaul after the persecutions under Emperor Decius had all but dissolved the small Christian communities. Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges. His feast day is 29 November.
==Background== Saturnin is styled the first Bishop of Tolosa (Toulouse). The lost Acts of Saturninus were employed as historical sources by the chronicler Gregory of Tours. The martyrology gave a genealogy for Saturnin: the son of Aegeus, King of Achaea, by his wife Cassandra, who, herself, was the daughter of Ptolemy, King of the Ninevites. The Acts placed Saturninus in the 1st century, made him one of the 72 disciples of Christ, placed him at the Last Supper. Legends associated with Saturninus state that after Peter consecrated him a bishop, "he was given for his companion Papulus, later to become Saint Papulus the Martyr." Legend states that besides Papulus, Saturninus also had Honestus as a disciple.