- Saint Mitre
Mitre was a Catholic
saint , born inThessaloniki ,Greece , and deceased inAix-en-Provence in 466 [Ambroise Roux-Alphéran , "Les Rues d'Aix"] .Biography
According to the legend [ [http://aixcentre.ifrance.com/histoire/celebrites/celebrites1.htm célébrités d'aix-en-provence ] ] , Mitre, a field worker living in
Aix-en-Provence withArvendus , was charged withwitchcraft for making amiracle come true. He was beheaded. He then picked up his head and took it to a church in Aix, Église Notre-Dame de la Seds.On
23 October 1383 his relics were moved to the Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur in Aix-en-Provence. It is said that the right-hand column holding his tombstone had a shining hole in it, giving out a liquid good for curing eye sores. [ [http://dycotton.free.fr/croc_notes/?p=3085 Paul Mariéton's diary, 1889] .]aint Mitre to this day
*A chapel named after Saint-Mitre was built in Aix-en-Provence in the 17th century. [ [http://www.mairie-aixenprovence.fr/article.php3?id_article=2237 Ville d'Aix-en-Provence : Chapelle Saint- Mitre ] ]
*The Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur holds a painting byNicolas Froment , "Légende de saint Mitre", dating back to 1470-1475 [ [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/retables/html/cartelocal.html Retables : de la commande à la pose ] ] .
*Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts was named after him.References
*"Les Rues d'Aix",
Ambroise Roux-Alphéran , 1846-1848.
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