- Luperculus
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name= Saint Luperculus
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death_date=3rd century
feast_day=March 1 ;March 5 (Tarbes );June 28
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
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death_place=Zaragoza or Eauze
titles= Bishop and martyr
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issues=Luperculus ("Lupercus, Lupercius") ( _fr. Luperc, Loubert [thttp://millesimo.irht.cnrs.fr/mmo/Notice/notice.htm?P=extraDoc/geoFrame.htm?P=geoSanct5.htm] , _es. Lupercio) is venerated as a
saint by theRoman Catholic Church .Christian tradition states that he was abishop of Eauze and was martyred by the governor Dacian during the reign ofDecius .Sabine Baring-Gould, "The Lives of the Saints" (J. Hodges, 1874), 410.] He was traditionally the second in that episcopal see, the first bishop beingPaternus . [ [http://www.societes-savantes-toulouse.asso.fr/samf/memoires/t_60/bul20001.htm Bulletin 1999-2000 1ère partie ] ] [http://www.zeno.org/Heiligenlexikon-1858/A/Luperculus,+S. Luperculus, S. - Zeno.org ] ]His legend states that his steadfastness led to the conversion of several pagans to Christianity, including a man named Anatolius, captain of the guard.
Eauze Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Luperc) at Eauze is dedicated to him.Eauze is his principal place of veneration, but he was widely venerated in the Armagnac region. He was also venerated at
Tarbes . [ [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4356 St. Lupercus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online ] ]There is a saint of that name who was martyred at
Zaragoza around 304 AD, who is mentioned byPrudentius . This Saint Luperculus had thefeast day ofApril 16 .Sabine Baring-Gould writes that the two saints are the same person: “Probably S. Luperculus preached [at Eauze] , and thence traveled toSpain , where he suffered.” A tradition in Spain makes this Lupercus ("San Lupercio") an uncle of the virgin martyrSaint Engratia , who shared the same feast day of April 16. Some sources state that the two saints are not the same person. [http://www.zeno.org/Heiligenlexikon-1858/A/Luperculus,+S]Another saint Lupercus was said to have been a son of
Marcellus of Tangier , and was martyred atLeón, Spain with his brothers Claudius and Victoricus. [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/61000 Santi Claudio, Luperco e Vittorico ] ]Saint-Loubert takes its name from him.References
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*de icon [http://www.zeno.org/Heiligenlexikon-1858/A/Luperculus,+S. Luperculus]
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