Saturninus of Toulouse

Martyrdom of Saturninus, Jacobus de Voragine , 14th century

Saturninus (French: Saturnin, Cernin, Sadorni, Sarny, Savournin, Sernin or Sorlin) was the first bishop of Toulouse , his patronage is November 29 (Protestant and Roman Catholic memorial day).

Life

He was one of the seven men ordained bishops who, according to Gregory of Tours (538-594) , were sent to the mission to Gaul at the time of Emperor Decius , i.e. in the years 249-251 . The Passio of Saturninus dates back to the 17th century and was widespread in the Visigoths' sphere of influence. The other missionaries were: Gatianus of Tours , Trophimus of Arles , Paul of Narbonne , Dionysius of Paris , Stremonius of Auvergne and Martial of Limoges , who are each considered to be the first bishops of their diocese .

Regarding Saturninus, Gregory also reports that he was already preaching in Toulouse in 250.

Besides Dionysius, Saturninus was the only one of the seven missionaries who was martyred : after he was arrested, he was taken to the Capitol (what is now the City Hall of Toulouse ), where he is tied to the tail of an angry bull and brought down from the Capitol Was dragged to death.

Saturninus was buried in a necropolis outside the city, his successor Hilarius (358-360) had a wooden oratory built over the place , which was later replaced by the church of St-Saturnin-du-Taur, today Notre-Dame du Taur . The relics were transferred to the Basilica of St-Sernin de Toulouse as early as 400 , which Hilarius' successors Silvius (360–400) and Exuperius (405–411) had built.

Places named after Saturninus

France: see Saint-Sernin and Saint-Saturnin
Burgo de San Cernín ( Pamplona )
Sant Sadurní d'Anoia , Sant Sadurní d'Osormort and Sant Sadurní de l'Heura in Catalonia
San Saturnino ( Asturias )
Saturnine Church

swell

Passio (early 5th century), BHL 7495–7496
Vitae Caesarii episcopi Arelatensis libri duo . In: Bruno Krusch (ed.): Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum 3: Passiones vitaeque sanctorum aevi Merovingici et antiquiorum aliquot (I). Hannover 1896, pp. 433–501 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
Gregor von Tours, I, 30. In: Bruno Krusch , Wilhelm Levison (ed.): Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum 1,1: Gregorii Turonensis Opera. Part 1: Libri historiarum X. Hannover 1937 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
Interpolated Passio (2nd half of the 9th century), not edited
Gesta (around 900) (BHL 7507–7507c)
Passio (912/926) (BHL 7503-7504)

literature

Adolf Lumpe: Saturninus of Toulouse. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 1410-1411. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Anne-Vérnoique Gilles-Raynal: Le dossier hagiographique de saint Saturnin de Toulouse (= Sources Hagiographiques de la Gaule, Vol. XII). In: Monique Goullet, Martin Heinzelmann : Miracles, vies et réécritures dans l'Occident médiéval (= supplements of Francia, vol. 65). Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, pp. 341-405 ( online ). (Inventory and analysis of all written sources on Saturninus)

Web links

Commons : Saturninus of Toulouse - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

↑ Anne-Vérnoique Gilles Raynal: Le dossier hagiographique de saint Saturnin de Toulouse (= Sources Hagiographiques de la Gaule, vol XII.). In: Monique Goullet, Martin Heinzelmann : Miracles, vies et réécritures dans l'Occident médiéval (= supplements of Francia, vol. 65). Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, p. 344 ( online ).
^ Gregor von Tours, Decem libri historiarum, I, 30: "Sub Decio vero imperatoris ..." and in the sentence but one: "Huius tempore septem viri episcopi ordenati ad praedicandum in Galliis missi sunt, sicut historia passiones sancti martyres Saturnini denarrat."
↑ BHL 7495-7496
↑ Gregor von Tours, I, 30: "Hic ergo missi sunt: Turonicis Catianus episcopus, Arelatensibus Trophimus episcopus, Narbonae Paulos episcopus, Tolosae Saturninus episcopus, Parisiacis Dionisius episcopus, Arvernis Stremonius episcopus distinctive episcopus, Lemovicinis Martianisis est."
↑ "Sub Decio et Grato consolibus [ie in the year 250], sicut fideli redordationem retenitur, primum ac summum Tholosana civitas sanctum Saturninum habere coeperat sacerdotem."
^ Gregor von Tours, I, 30: "Cumque conpraehensus ad Capitulium duceretur, ... Hic vero tauri furentes vestigiis allegatus ac de Capitulio praecipitatus, vitam finivit."

personal data
SURNAME	Saturninus of Toulouse
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sernine; Saturninus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Toulouse
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century
Place of death	Toulouse

[1] Anne-Vérnoique Gilles Raynal: Le dossier hagiographique de saint Saturnin de Toulouse (= Sources Hagiographiques de la Gaule, vol XII.). In: Monique Goullet, Martin Heinzelmann : Miracles, vies et réécritures dans l'Occident médiéval (= supplements of Francia, vol. 65). Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, p. 344 ( online ).

[2] Gregor von Tours, Decem libri historiarum, I, 30: "Sub Decio vero imperatoris ..." and in the sentence but one: "Huius tempore septem viri episcopi ordenati ad praedicandum in Galliis missi sunt, sicut historia passiones sancti martyres Saturnini denarrat."

[3] BHL 7495-7496

[4] Gregor von Tours, I, 30: "Hic ergo missi sunt: Turonicis Catianus episcopus, Arelatensibus Trophimus episcopus, Narbonae Paulos episcopus, Tolosae Saturninus episcopus, Parisiacis Dionisius episcopus, Arvernis Stremonius episcopus distinctive episcopus, Lemovicinis Martianisis est."

[5] "Sub Decio et Grato consolibus [ie in the year 250], sicut fideli redordationem retenitur, primum ac summum Tholosana civitas sanctum Saturninum habere coeperat sacerdotem."

[6] Gregor von Tours, I, 30: "Cumque conpraehensus ad Capitulium duceretur, ... Hic vero tauri furentes vestigiis allegatus ac de Capitulio praecipitatus, vitam finivit."