Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/July 17 2007



Saint Piatus of Tournai (also Piaton, Piat, Piato) (died ca. 286) was a Belgian saint. A native of Benevento, tradition states that he was sent by the pope to evangelize Chartres and Tournai. Tradition also states that he was ordained by Dionysios the Areopagite. He was martyred under Maximian. Saint Eligius later discovered Piatus' relics and made a reliquary for them.

Some of his relics can be found at Chartres Cathedral

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