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	Gatianus of Tours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gatianus or Saint Gatien (3rd century CE) was the founding bishop of the see of Tours.
		Gatianus devoted half a century to evangelization, against the objections of the Gauls.
		Gatianus established a hospice for the poor outside the walls of Tours.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gatianus_of_Tours (808 words)

	Archdiocese of Tours
		The founder of the see was St. Gatianus; according to Gregory of Tours he was one of the seven apostles sent from Rome to Gaul in the middle of tile third century.
		According to Mgr Duchesne the tradition of Tours furnished Gregory with only the name of Gatianus, accompanied perhaps by the length, fifty years, of his episcopate; it was by comparison with the "Passio S. Saturnini" of Toulouse that Gregory arrived at the date 250.
		The cathedral of Tours, dedicated to St. Gatianus, dates from the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/t/tours,archdiocese_of.html (2393 words)

	The Ultimate Gatianus of Tours Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		In the lore of the Catholic Church, during the consulship of the Emperor Decius and Vettus Gratus (AD 250), Pope Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatianus to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges.
		But he overcame all obstacles, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, gathered apostles round him, whom he sent out to establish churches, and at his death the diocese of Tours was securely established.
		Interestingly, in a part of the Empire where Mithraism was a dominating force among the legions, the Abbé Jaud reports that Gatianus likewise retreated into a grotto and there celebrated the mystical banquet ("célébrait les saints mystères"), but of Christianity.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Gatianus (831 words)

	St. Gatianus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		But he overcame all obstacles, and at his death the Church of Tours was securely established.
		The "traditional school", relying on legends that have hitherto not been traced back beyond the twelfth century, have claimed that St. Gatianus was one of the seventy-two disciples of Christ, and was sent into Gaul during the first century by St. Peter himself.
		This assertion, which has been refuted by learned and devout writers, is untenable in the face of the testimony of Gregory of Tours.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/g/gatianus,saint.html (169 words)

	Free information of Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In the mid-3rd century Gatianus was sent from Rome to reorganize a small Christian community.
		Main article: Cathedral of Tours The cathedral of Tours, dedicated to Gatianus of Tours, its canonized first Bishop of Tours, was begun about 1170 to replace the just-started cathedral that was burnt out in 1166, during the quarrel between Louis VII of France and Henry II of England.
		The lowermost stages of the west towers (illustration, right) belong to the 12th century, but the rest of the west end is in the profusely detailed Flamboyant Gothic of the 15th century, completed just as the Renaissance was affecting less traditional patrons than bishops, in the pleasure châteaux of Touraine.
	tours.en.qcat.org (2969 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Gatianus
		However, his good work faded after his death.
		When Saint Martin arrived in Tours, he found that there were no Christians, but local lore saint much about Gatianus, the man who brought the Gospel the people no longer understood.
		Pious legend says that Gatianus was one of the shepherds to whom the angels appeared at Jesus' birth, but that is, after all, only a pious legend.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintg49.htm (106 words)

	Tours, France: History
		In Roman times Tours was known as Turonensis.
		In the mid-3rd century Gatianus (Saint Gatien) was sent from Rome to reorganize a small Christian community that was already established there.
		Saint Martin of Tours was bishop of Tours at the end of the 4th century, and his tomb became a major pilgrimage site.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /france/tours-history.htm (460 words)

	Tours
		The Battle of Tours was fought on October 10, 732 between forces under the Frankish leader Charles Martel and an Islamic force led by Emir Abdul Rahman al-Ghafiq.
		Official Website of the Tours Volley Ball, French champion 2004
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	www.keywordmage.net /to/tours.html (576 words)

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