Potentine

Potentinus statue in the collegiate church of Karden

The holy Potentinus and his sons Felicius and Simplicius were holy lay people who lived in the 4th century and a noble family of Aquitaine belonged. They also came to Trier on a pilgrimage and then joined St. Castor in Karden . Potentinus is said to have died a martyr in Karden . The feast of Potentinus and his sons is June 18th.

The bones of Potentinus and his sons came to the Steinfeld monastery in the Eifel around 920; his shrine is now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris .

literature

Thomas Bauer: Potentinus von Steinfeld . In: Lexicon of saints and veneration of saints . Lexicon for theology and the church compact. tape 2 , Person Part I - Q. Verlag Herder , Freiburg im Breisgau 2003, ISBN 3-451-28192-9 , Sp. 1356 f .
Vera Schauber, Hanns Michael Schindler: saints and namesake in the course of the year . Pattloch-Verlag, 1992. Augsburg: Weltbild-Verlag. P. 301
Ekkart Sauser : Potentinus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 864. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

Web links

Commons : Potentinus von Steinfeld - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Potentinus von Steinfeld . In: Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints

personal data
SURNAME	Potentine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Holy layman
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century
DATE OF DEATH	4th century or 5th century