Saint Piatus

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name= Saint Piatus
birth_date=unknown
death_date=c. 286
feast_day=July 17, October 1
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caption=Saint Piatus of Tournai
birth_place=Benevento, Italy
death_place=Tournai, Belgiumcite web | last = Jones | first = Terry | title = Saint Piaton | work = Patron Saints Index | url=http://www.catholic-forum.com/Saints/saintp6k.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-15]
titles=Martyr and Evangelist
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Saint Piatus of Tournai (also Piaton, Platon, Piat, Piato,) (died ca. 286) was a Belgian saint. A native of Benevento, tradition states that he was 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. Saint Eligius later discovered Piatus' relics and made a reliquary for them.

Some of his relics can be found at Chartres Cathedral.cite web | last =Roman | first =Alexander | title =Chartres Cathedral: When East had already met West | publisher =Ukrainian Orthodoxy | url =http://www.unicorne.org/ORTHODOXY/articles/articles_b/chartres.htm | accessdate =2007-03-15]

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External links

* [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1001.htm#piat Saints of October 1: Piatus]
*fr icon [http://www.amisdesgeants.org/pages/retour_st_piat.html Le Retour de Saint Piat] - French page that includes pictures of the relics of Saint Piatus

Interwiki

* At the French Wikipedia, a page about " [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_procession_de_Tournai La Grande procession de Tournai] ", which features a picture of the relics of Saint Piatus