Piatus of Tournai explained

Honorific Prefix:Saint
Piatus
Birth Date:unknown
Death Date:c. 286
Feast Day:1 October
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Death Place:Tournai, Belgium[1]
Titles:Martyr and Evangelist
Canonized Date:Pre-Congregation
Attributes:holding top part of his skull
Patronage:Tournai

Piatus of Tournai (also Piaton, Platon, Piat, Piato) (died c. 286) was a Belgian saint. He was a native of Benevento, Italy, and is traditionally said to have been sent by the pope to evangelize the cities of Chartres and Tournai. Tradition also states that he was ordained by Dionysios the Areopagite. He was martyred under Maximian by having the top of his skull sliced off. He may be recognized in depictions holding the sliced portion of his skull. Eligius later discovered Piatus' relics and made a reliquary for them.[1]

Some of his relics can be found at Chartres Cathedral.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jones . Terry . Saint Piaton . Saints.SQPN.com . 2012-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070221232312/http://www.catholic-forum.com/Saints/saintp6k.htm . February 21, 2007 . unfit .
  2. Web site: Roman . Alexander . Chartres Cathedral: When East had already met West . Ukrainian Orthodoxy . 2007-03-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061004050549/http://www.unicorne.org/orthodoxy/articles/articles_b/chartres.htm . October 4, 2006 .