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- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information about Saint Perpetuus
- Fast, concise facts and information
- Date of Birth and Death
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Perpetuus
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Bishop
Saint Perpetuus Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Perpetuus
The following provides fast and concise facts and information: - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Perpetuus: April 8
- Description / Title of the Saint : Bishop
- Date of Death: Saint Perpetuus died 490
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The Story and History of Saint Perpetuus
The story and history of Saint Perpetuus. Saint Perpetuus was the eighth Bishop of Tours from St. Gatian, and governed that see above thirty years, from 461 to 491, when he died on the 8th of April. During all that time he labored by zealous sermons, many synods, and wholesome regulations, to lead souls to virtue. St. Perpetuus had a great veneration for the Saints, and respect for their relics, adorned their shrines, and enriched their churches. As there was a continual succession of miracles at the tomb of St. Martin, Perpetuus finding the church built by St. Bricius too small for the concourse of people that resorted thither, directed its enlargement. When the building was finished, the good bishop solemnized the dedication of this new church, and performed the translation of the body of St. Martin, on the 4th of July in 473. Our Saint made and signed his last will, which is still extant, on the 1st of March, 475, fifteen years before his death. By it he remits all debts that were owing to him; and having bequeathed to his church his library and several farms, and settled a fund for the maintenance of lamps, and the purchase of sacred vessels, as occasion might require, he declares the poor his heirs. He adds most pathetic exhortations to concord and piety; and bequeaths to his sister, Fidia Julia Perpetua, a little gold cross, with relics; he leaves legacies to several other friends and priests, begging of each a remembrance of him in their prayers. His ancient epitaph equals him to the great St. Martin. Feast Day of Saint Perpetuus
The Feast Day of Saint Perpetuus is April 8. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven. |
Saint Perpetuus- Short, concise biography of Saint Perpetuus
- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
- Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Perpetuus
- Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Perpetuus - April 8
- History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
- Date of Death: 490
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Perpetuus
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Bishop
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