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Saint Eutropius of Saintes (french: Saint Eutrope) is venerated as the first 
bishop of Saintes
The former French diocese of Saintes existed from the 6th century to the French Revolution. Its bishops had their see in the cathedral of Saintes in western France, in the modern department of Charente-Maritime. After the Concordat of 1801, the ...
, France
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. According to tradition, he was a Roman
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or a Persian
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of royal descent; further information will be found in R Couffon, "Notes sur les cultes de saint Jacques et de saint Eutrope en Bretagne." ''Memoires de la Société historique de Bretagne'', 1968. who was sent to evangelize Gaul
Gaul ( la, Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic and Aquitani tribes, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Switzerland, parts of Northern Italy (only during ...
either by Saint Clement in the 1st century or by Pope Fabian
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in the 250s as a companion of Saint Denis.
He lived as a hermit
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Description
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near Saintes and converted to Christianity
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the governor's daughter, Saint Eustella or Eustelle. According to tradition, the governor was so enraged by his daughter's conversion that he had both her and Eutropius killed. Eutropius was killed by having his head split open with an axe.
Gregory of Tours
Gregory of Tours (30 November 538 – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of the area that had been previously referred to as Gaul by the Romans. He was born Georgius Florenti ...
mentions the tradition of Eutropius’ martyrdom in his work, but also notes that before Bishop Palladius of Saintes
Palladius or more often in French Pallais was a 6th-century bishop of Saintes. According to Gregory of Tours, the family of Palladius was wealthy, and had produced several bishops and teachers throughout the 5th century in Gaul.
Palladius plott ...
translated
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Eutropius’ relics
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around 590 to the Romanesque church of St. Eutropius in Saintes, no one really knew the legend of Eutropius. In the 6th century, the poet Venantius Fortunatus
Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus ( 530 600/609 AD; french: Venance Fortunat), known as Saint Venantius Fortunatus (, ), was a Latin poet and hymnographer in the Merovingian Court, and a bishop of the Early Church who has been venerate ...
refers to Eutropius in connection with Saintes.
References
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