Lupus from Troyes

Statue of St. Lupus

Lupus Trecensis (* 383 in Toul , † 478 in Troyes ; French Loup de Troyes , also Loup I. or Leu ), saint, was bishop of Troyes from 426 to 478 .

Life

Lupus was born in Toul as the son of a member of the high nobility from Rome, whose name is passed down as Eparchio, Eparchius or Epirochio Franconio. He married Pimeniola, a sister of Hilary of Arles and initially worked for the governor and later bishop Germanus of Auxerre . After seven years of marriage, Lupus and his wife decided to live in the monastery together. Lupus went as a monk to Lérins Abbey on the island of Saint-Honorat , where one of his brothers lived, Vincent de Lérins .

In 426 he became Bishop of Troyes. On his trip to Britain in 429, together with Germanus von Auxerre, he preached against Pelagianism , which had quickly spread among the Christians there. During the trip, the two bishops are said to have met the young Genoveva in Nanterre , who had received a consecrated coin from Germanus on this visit.

In 451, Attila's troops invaded what is now France. While Genoveva called on the people of Paris to resist and Attila did not attack the city, the rescue of Troyes is reported as follows: Lupus first sent several clerics, including Memorius and Camelianus, to the opposing commanders. Except for Camelianus, all the emissaries were murdered. Camelianus was able to flee and returned to Lupus, whom he later succeeded in the office of bishop. Lupus then went to Attila personally and was able to convince him to spare Troyes and to withdraw from the region. On the retreat of the Huns, the Champagne was so badly devastated and depopulated that Lupus had to give up his office as bishop. He retired for two years to Mont Lansuine, 15 km from Troyes, and two more years to Mâcon , where several miracles are attributed to him.

He then resumed his bishopric, which he exercised until his death. He is considered to be the builder of the first cathedral in Troyes . The sources give 478 as well as 479 as the year of death.

In 570, the Franconian kings Guntram I and Chilperich I made a pilgrimage to his grave to seal the mutual peace treaty there.

Most of his remains were lost in the turmoil of the French Revolution . Only a part of his skull has survived and is now kept as a relic in Troyes Cathedral.

cult

• St. Lupus is the patron saint of the paralyzed, epileptic and demon possessed.
• His Catholic feast day is July 29th .
• In Italy, St. Lupus patron of the municipality of San Lupo in the province of Benevento .

literature

• William Ramsay: Lupus, bishop of Troyes . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 2 : Ea'rinus, Fla'vius – Nyx . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 840 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Lupus of Troyes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• San Lupo di Troyes on the website santiebeati.it (Italian; accessed June 29, 2013)
• Lupus at Documenta Catholica Omnia (Latin)
• Publications on Lupus by Troyes in RI-Opac
• Publications on Loup de Troyes in RI-Opac

Individual evidence

1. ^ Goyau, Georges:  Troyes . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 15, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.
2. ↑ Christian Settipani : Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale. Myth et réalité . In: Occasional Publications of the Oxford Unit for Prosopographical Research Prosopographica et genealogica . tape  2 . Unit for Prosopographical Research, Linacre College, University of Oxford, 2000, ISBN 1-900934-02-7 .
3. ↑ The Parmesische genealogist of the XVII. Century Ippolito Calandrini ( Il publio Svezzese, ovvero, Historia Dell'Antichissima e Nobilissima Famiglia degli Illustrissimi Signori de 'Lupis Marchesi di Soragna e vita Del Glorioso S. Lupo Vescovo e confessore , Parma 1653) describes how one of the brothers of Lupus, Sisulfo (or Gisulfo), in the service of the Frankish King Merowech , is said to have changed his own surname from Franconio to Lupus after the death of Saint Lupus in memory of him.
4. ↑ St. Patrick Catholic Church: Saint of the Day. Retrieved July 12, 2013 .  
5. ^ François Giry: Les vies des Saints . tape 2 . Pierre Augustin Le Mercier, Paris 1719 ( Google books ).
6. ↑ culture.gouv.fr: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul. Retrieved July 12, 2013 (French).  

predecessor	Office	successor
St. Ursus	Bishop of Troyes 426–478	St. Camelianus