Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Trophimus of Arles


  
  Trophimus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trophimus, meaning a foster-child, was an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; 21:29).
He was with Paul in Jerusalem, and the Jews, supposing that the apostle had brought him with him into the temple, raised a tumult which resulted in Paul's imprisonment.
See also: Trophimus of Arles, ('Saint Trophime'), the first bishop and patron saint of Arles, 3rd century CE.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trophimus   (136 words)

  
 Archdiocese of Aix
With St. Caesarius, Arles (502-542) reached its greatest prosperity; there the Prefect of the Praetorium of Theodoric had his seat, while St. Caesarius represented the Pope with the episcopate of Gaul and Spain, and exercised an indefatigable activity in codifying the canon law of Merovingian Gaul.
The church of Arles honors the memory of the martyr Genesius, public registrar of Arles, at the beginning of the fourth century, who was beheaded for having refused to copy the edict of persecution against the Christians; the church of Aix honors the martyr Mitre.
The principal councils held at Arles were: that of 314, convened by order of Constantine to condemn the Donatists; that of 353, which defended the Arians against St. Athanasius; and that of 1234, which dealt with the Albigensian heresy.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/aix,archdiocese_of.html   (968 words)

  
 Trophimus of Arles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to Catholic lore, Saint Trophimus of Arles or Saint Trophime was the first bishop of Arles, in today's southern France.
Under the co-Emperors Decius and Gratus (250-251 CE), Pope Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul, to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturninus to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges.
Saint Trophime does not rate a biography in the Catholic Encyclopedia, but the church at Arles dedicated to him, built from the 12th century onwards, is one of the glorious monuments of Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Provence.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Trophimus   (145 words)

  
 France - Arles
It is because the sea marched away and left Arles to stagnate in the Rhone lowlands that the enterprising community of the late Roman Empire was not allowed to achieve the destiny prepared for it by Julius Caesar and surpass Marseille as the principal port in lower France.
Arles, suddenly cut off from the world which might have reshaped it into the uninteresting uniformity of other port cities, clung to its old fashions in dress and language and is to-day a town of pre-medieval character.
Arles might still have marched on toward the destiny that Caesar had dreamed for her had it not been for the ill advised engineering ventures of Louis XIV.
www.oldandsold.com /articles07/burgundy-22.shtml   (3151 words)

  
 The Catholic Encyclopedia - Archdiocese of Aix
The church of Arles had then two great bishops at its head, St. Honoratus, founder of the monastery of Lérins (427-429), and St. Hilarius, disciple of St. Honoratus, celebrated as a preacher (429-449), who, after his conflicts with the church of Vienne, had animated disputes with the Pope, St.
Caesarius, Arles (502-542) reached its greatest prosperity; there the Prefect of the Praetorium of Theodoric had his seat, while St. Caesarius represented the Pope with the episcopate of Gaul and Spain, and exercised an indefatigable activity in codifying the canon law of Merovingian Gaul.
After Caesarius the superiority of the bishops of Arles was merely nominal; St. Virgilius, monk of Lérins, was made Bishop of Arles in 588, and consecrated the monk St. Augustine, sent to Great Britain by St.
www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Catholic_Encyclopedia/01237e.htm   (1104 words)

  
 LOTF
A cold day in Arles, which was founded in 46 BCE by Julius Caesar, meaning that the city predates London by around 100 years.
Trophimus of Arles was one of the seven bishops sent to Gaul by Pope Fabian to preach the gospel.
Trophimus' relics were kept at the Alyscamps but later moved to the cathedral.
lastofthefamous.blogspot.com /2004/12/back-in-france-see-photos.html   (3621 words)

  
 Saints of December 29
Trophimus, the first bishop of Arles whose cathedral of St. Trophime now honors his memory, is often confused with the Trophimus mentioned by St. Paul.
Saint Gregory of Tours (died 594) testifies that Trophimus was one of several bishops associated with Saint Sernin of Toulouse, who founded the famous sees of France.
Since the Synod of Arles in 452, the church of Provence has identified their first bishop with St. Paul's disciple, but this is clearly an impossibility.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1229.htm   (4206 words)

  
 CONFESSIONAL - LoveToKnow Article on CONFESSIONAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Originally the term was applied to the place where a martyr or confessor (in the sense of one who confesses Christ) had been buried.
the confessional of St Trophimus at Arles) where the name was attached to the spot, whether cell or seat, where noted saints were wont to hear confessions.
In the popular Protestant view confessional boxes are associated with the scandals, real or supposed, of the practice of auricular confession.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/CONFESSIONAL.htm   (637 words)

  
 Arles - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The city's bishopric was held by a series of outstanding clerics, beginning with Saint Trophimus around 225 and continuing with Saint Honoré, then Saint Hilary in the first half of the 5th century.
The Church of St. Trophime (Saint Trophimus), formerly a cathedral, is a major work of Romanesque architecture, and the representation of the Last Judgment on its portal is considered one of the finest examples of Romanesque sculpture, as are the columns in the adjacent cloister.
The town also has an outstanding museum of ancient history, with one of the best collections of Roman sarcophagi to be found anywhere outside Rome itself.
www.unipedia.info /Arles.html   (1602 words)

  
 A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Tim., and was sent forth as a missionary to Arles by St. Peter or St.
Saturninus, says in effect that Trophimus arrived in Gaul with the first bishops of Tours, Paris, and other cities in the consulate of Decius and Gratus, i.e.
The cathedral church at Arles was dedicated to Trophimus, with St. Stephen (Gall.
www.ccel.org /ccel/wace/biodict.v.xx.lviii.html   (345 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Saint Gatian, a disciple of the Apostles and the first bishop of Tours, was sent to that city at the same time as Saint Denys to Paris, Saint Trophimus to Arles, Saint Martial to Limoges, Saint Saturninus to Toulouse, Saint Sergius Paulus to Narbonne, and Saint Austremoine into Auvergne.
The Gauls in that region were addicted to the worship of their ancient idols, to which they had added the divinities of Rome.
The Cathedral of Tours still possesses a few fragments of his relics, which Saint Martin had placed in that principal church, but which wars and persecutions scattered and destroyed in large part.
www.infocatholic.com /viewSaint.aspx?SID=281   (410 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory of Tours: History of the Franks
And he was tied to the feet of a mad bull, and being sent headlong from the capitol he ended his life.
Catianus, Trophimus, Stremonius, Paul and Marcial lived in the greatest sanctity, winning people to the church and spreading the faith of Christ among all, and died in peace, confessing the faith.
And when the people, on being shut in, cried to their bishop, and asked what they were to do, trusting in God he advised all to prostrate themselves in prayer, and with tears to implore the ever present aid of God in their necessities.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/gregory-hist.html   (17963 words)

  
 Catholic Online
Laboring to evangelize France, Trophimus became the bishop of Aries.
He is mentioned in a letter of Pope St. Zosimus in 417.
He shares a feast day with the biblical Trophimus.
www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=2378   (161 words)

  
 [No title]
A good example is provided by the relics of varied Roman martyrs whose reception at Rouen (located in Normandy in modern France) in 396 was recorded by Bishop Victricius in a panegyric.
But many of the most prominent saints of the provinces were lcoal martyred bishops, such as (in Gaul) Julian of Brioude, Trophimus of Arles, and, most important of all, Martin of Tours.
Gerald was certainly noble, for Odo went to pains to demonstrate (or, quite possibly, to invent) the fact that the count was descended from St. Caesarius of Arles, and thus had both senatorial and saintly blood in his veins.
www.the-orb.net /encyclop/religion/hagiography/survey1.htm   (9813 words)

  
 NT Lost Apocrypha
He wasn't actually the first bishop of Arles (see below).
280) One legend says that Trophimus was sent from Rome to be first bishop of Arles.
Ever since the 5th century, though, he has been identified with Trophimus the Ephesian (see above).
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /rs/rak/publics/mrjames/NTParabib.htm   (13366 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.