217:, because his real name is not known. According to tradition, Sanctinus was born about 270. A disciple of Dionysius of Paris, Sanctinus is considered the first bishop in both Meaux and Verdun. He preached the gospel throughout the area, and he is said to have preached also in Picardy and in Champagne. His chief helper was the holy priest Antoninus (Antonius, Antoninestus), whom he is said to have raised from the dead. The Bollandists have made a thorough investigation of the legend, and they concluded that it is not historically sustainable. They put the time of his apostolic activity at the middle of the 4th century.
28:
124:
107:
205:
of Verdun, Sanctinus left the gravely ill
Antoninus behind. A local innkeeper promised to take care of Antoninus for a fee. Sanctinus learned in Rome of Antoninus' death and the innkeeper's evil role in it. Sanctinus returned to Verdun in about 330, evangelised the city of Verdun, became its first bishop, and founded a church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.
220:
As bishop of Verdun, in 332 he built the first
Christian oratory on Mont Saint Vanne on the site of a pagan temple and consecrated it to the holy apostles Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul. A second oratory was dedicated to Saint John the Baptist (Saint Jean-Baptiste). When Sanctinus was forced to join his
204:
trained several priests to preach in Gaul. He appointed
Sanctinus as bishop of Chartres and of Meaux. When Dionysius was mortally wounded by soldiers of the usurper Domitian, he sent Sanctinus and a certain Antoninus to Athens to inform the Athenians of his martyrdom. En route in the Roman castellum
229:
In later centuries, controversy arose as to whether it was one or two different bishops. This controversy goes hand in hand over where the relics of
Sanctinus lie: in the cathedral of Verdun or in Meaux. Thus, there is a story that around 1044 starving citizens of Meaux sold the relics of Sanctinus
221:
persecuted community in Meaux, the first bishop of Verdun entrusted the episcopate to Saint Maurus (fr: Maur), the first
Verdunois ordained priest. There is some consensus that Sanctinus died in prison in Meaux around 356.
234:. This explains the veneration of Sanctinus both in Meaux, where he is held a martyr, and at Verdun, where he is considered a bishop and confessor. In the thirteenth century Meaux gave some of Sanctinus's relics to
401:
264:. A votive feast has long been celebrated on September 22 at Auteuil-le-Roi in the department of Yvelines in the region of Île-de-France, in honor of Sanctinus, who preached there.
213:"...Sanctinus's background and literally every aspect of the history of his cult is clouded in obscurity." The name Sanctinus, (Santin or Saintin), derived from the Latin
241:
In the Roman
Martyrology of 1627, he is commemorated on 22 September. More recently his feast day is celebrated on 11 October, his day of death.
309:
319:
436:
431:
334:
345:
297:
Odden, Per Einar. "Den hellige
Sanctinus av Verdun og Meaux (~270-~356)", Den katolske kirke, December 28, 2015
359:
441:
426:
370:
421:
311:
The
Chronicle of Hugh of Flavigny: Reform and the Investiture Contest in the Late Eleventh Century
235:
201:
27:
249:
117:
8:
446:
296:
123:
95:
341:
315:
257:
185:
134:
231:
181:
88:
145:
73:
165:
415:
32:
Statue of Saint
Sanctinus in the cloister of Verdun Cathedral (Meuse, France)
273:
230:
to itinerant merchants of Verdun. His tooth is preserved in a reliquary in
177:
106:
261:
245:
253:
197:
360:"Saint Saintin ou Sanctinus, Évêque (IVe siècle)", Nominis
173:
82:
42:
38:
62:
244:
There are several dedications to him, including churches at
339:, Revised Edition, Princeton University Press, 2011, p. 70
337:
Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the
Central Middle Ages
392:, Vol. 1. Julien-Michel Gaundouin, Paris (1731), p. 612
413:
128:
111:
402:"THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGE", 1627, The Bodleian
26:
355:
353:
172:; c. 270 – 356) was a Gallo-Roman
122:
105:
292:
290:
288:
414:
350:
307:
285:
180:, traditionally named as the first
13:
14:
458:
110:The church of Saint Sanctinus (
395:
382:
364:
328:
301:
127:The chapel of Saint Santinus (
1:
390:Histoire de l'Eglise de Meaux
308:Healy, Patrick (2016-04-01).
279:
224:
377:Ökumenischen Heiligenlexikon
208:
7:
437:4th-century bishops in Gaul
432:3rd-century bishops in Gaul
267:
196:According to the legend of
10:
463:
191:
94:
79:
69:
56:
48:
37:
25:
18:
388:Toussaints du Plessis,
169:
149:
137:
129:
120:
112:
126:
109:
200:in the 9th century,
373:Sanctinus von Meaux
335:Geary, Patrick J.,
442:Gallo-Roman saints
371:Schäfer, Joachim.
202:Dionysius of Paris
142:Sanctinus of Meaux
138:
121:
20:Sanctinus of Meaux
427:Bishops of Verdun
321:978-1-317-03846-7
256:, and chapels at
250:Vaux-lès-Palameix
118:Vaux-lès-Palameix
104:
103:
70:Venerated in
454:
422:Bishops of Meaux
404:
399:
393:
386:
380:
368:
362:
357:
348:
332:
326:
325:
305:
299:
294:
232:Verdun Cathedral
150:Saintin de Meaux
132:
115:
89:Verdun Cathedral
85:
30:
16:
15:
462:
461:
457:
456:
455:
453:
452:
451:
412:
411:
409:
407:
400:
396:
387:
383:
369:
365:
358:
351:
333:
329:
322:
306:
302:
295:
286:
282:
270:
227:
211:
194:
182:bishop of Meaux
80:
74:Catholic Church
61:
33:
21:
12:
11:
5:
460:
450:
449:
444:
439:
434:
429:
424:
406:
405:
394:
381:
363:
349:
327:
320:
300:
283:
281:
278:
277:
276:
269:
266:
226:
223:
210:
207:
193:
190:
135:Auteuil-le-Roi
102:
101:
98:
92:
91:
86:
77:
76:
71:
67:
66:
58:
54:
53:
50:
46:
45:
35:
34:
31:
23:
22:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
459:
448:
445:
443:
440:
438:
435:
433:
430:
428:
425:
423:
420:
419:
417:
410:
403:
398:
391:
385:
379:
378:
374:
367:
361:
356:
354:
347:
346:9781400820207
343:
340:
338:
331:
323:
317:
314:. Routledge.
313:
312:
304:
298:
293:
291:
289:
284:
275:
272:
271:
265:
263:
259:
255:
251:
247:
242:
239:
237:
233:
222:
218:
216:
206:
203:
199:
189:
187:
183:
179:
175:
171:
167:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
136:
131:
125:
119:
114:
113:Saint Saintin
108:
99:
97:
93:
90:
87:
84:
78:
75:
72:
68:
64:
59:
55:
51:
47:
44:
40:
36:
29:
24:
17:
408:
397:
389:
384:
376:
372:
366:
336:
330:
310:
303:
274:Saint-Santin
243:
240:
228:
219:
214:
212:
195:
184:and also of
161:
157:
154:Saint Santin
153:
141:
139:
130:Saint Santin
447:356 deaths
416:Categories
280:References
225:Veneration
178:missionary
100:October 11
246:Mogeville
236:St. Denis
209:Narrative
170:Sanctinus
268:See also
254:Courgeon
65:, France
262:Bellême
258:Auteuil
215:Sanctus
198:Hincmar
162:Sanctin
158:Saintin
152:, also
344:
318:
192:Legend
186:Verdun
174:bishop
146:French
140:Saint
83:shrine
81:Major
52:c. 270
43:bishop
39:Martyr
166:Latin
133:) in
116:) in
96:Feast
63:Meaux
342:ISBN
316:ISBN
260:and
252:and
176:and
57:Died
49:Born
188:.
160:or
60:356
418::
375:,
352:^
287:^
248:,
238:.
168::
164:;
156:,
148::
41:,
324:.
144:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.