Saint Perpet
Évêque de
Tours (+ 494)
ou Perpétue.
Confesseur et évêque de Tours.
Originaire d'Auvergne, il fut un des évêques les plus remarquables de son
temps. Dès la première année de son épiscopat, il réunit un concile à Tours.
Quelques années plus tard, lors du premier concile de Vannes, il en sacre le
premier évêque, saint Paterne.
Il prit un soin tout particulier au sanctuaire de saint Martin faisant
élever une grande basilique, l'ancienne étant devenue trop étroite. Saint Grégoire de Tours en
parle avec admiration. Nous avons le texte de son testament, écrit de sa main,
quatorze ans avant sa mort. Il est intéressant comme document de ce que
pouvaient être la vie et les biens d'un évêque de ce temps. Les derniers temps
de son existence furent assombris par l'invasion des Goths en Touraine et qui
apportèrent avec eux l'arianisme.
Liste des évêques de Tours.
À Tours, en 491, saint Perpétue, évêque, qui construisit la basilique de
Saint-Martin et beaucoup d'autres en l'honneur des saints, et organisa dans son
Église les jeûnes et les vigiles.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/935/Saint-Perpet.html
Évêque de Tours
(mort en 494)
Saint Perpetuus, originaire d'une famille sénatoriale d'Auvergne, dans la
première moitié du Ve siècle, fut désigné par l'éclat de ses vertus au clergé
et au peuple de Tours pour gouverner leur Église, en 461.
La gloire de l'épiscopat de saint Perpetuus, ce fut son amour pour saint Martin
et pour la basilique qu'il avait fait construire en son honneur, basilique que
les auteurs et les poètes de l'époque comparent au temple de Salomon et
regardent comme une des merveilles du monde. La construction de ce temple,
digne du Saint qui devait y être honoré, dura vingt-deux ans; sa consécration
se fit avec une grande solennité; Perpetuus y avait invité un grand nombre
d'évêques et de religieux.
Lorsqu'on voulut exhumer le corps de saint Martin pour le transporter dans un
sanctuaire du nouvel édifice, on éprouva des difficultés insurmontables, et
l'on ne put remuer le cercueil; le projet allait être abandonné, quand un
vieillard inconnu, revêtu du costume d'abbé, s'approcha et dit: "Ne
voyez-vous pas que saint Martin est prêt à vous aider?" Et aussitôt, de
ses mains, il souleva sans effort le corps du bienheureux. C'était sans doute
un ange envoyé du Ciel ou peut-être saint Martin lui-même.
De nombreux miracles s'opérèrent plus que jamais au tombeau de saint Martin, et
depuis ce temps le nom de saint Perpetuus se trouva lié à toutes les gloires de
la superbe basilique. Le saint évêque de Tours bâtit beaucoup d'autres églises;
de là vient qu'on le représente avec un édifice sacré sur la main, symbole qui
convient fort bien, du reste, à l'un des plus grands bâtisseurs d'églises qui
aient jamais existé.
Saint Perpetuus aima les pauvres, son clergé et son Église d'un ardent amour,
comme son testament en fait foi. Voici quelques lignes de ces pages vraiment
épiscopales: "Au nom de Jésus-Christ. Ainsi soit-il. Moi, Perpetuus,
pécheur, prêtre de l'Église de Tours, je ne veux pas partir de ce monde sans
laisser un testament, de peur que les pauvres ne soient privés des biens dont
la bonté du Ciel m'a libéralement doté, et de peur que les biens d'un prêtre ne
passent à d'autres familles qu'à mon Église. Je donne et lègue à tous les
prêtres, diacres et clercs de mon Église, la paix de Notre-Seigneur
Jésus-Christ. Ainsi soit-il. Que le Seigneur Jésus détruise du souffle de Sa
bouche tous les impies! Ainsi soit-il, ainsi soit-il! Paix soit à l'Église,
paix soit au peuple, à la ville et à la campagne... Pour vous, mes frères
bien-aimés, ma couronne, ma joie, mes seigneurs, mes enfants, pauvres de
Jésus-Christ, indigents, mendiants, malades, orphelins, veuves, vous tous, je
vous fais et constitue mes héritiers..."
Abbé L. Jaud, Vie des Saints pour tous les jours de l'année, Tours, Mame,
1950.
SOURCE : http://magnificat.ca/cal/fr/saints/saint_perpet_ou_perpetuus.html
Saint
Perpetuus; św. Perpet biskup Tours , nieznana, załadowane 19 cze 2006
Also
known as
Perpet
Perpetue
Perpetuo
8 April on
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30 years. Restored ecclesiastical discipline in his suffragan dioceses to
the point that unworthy priests were
removed from service. Built churches and monasteries.
c.490
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“Saint Perpetuus of
Tours“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 March 2024. Web. 5 September 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-perpetuus-of-tours/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-perpetuus-of-tours/
(Saint) Bishop (April 8)
(5th
century) A Bishop of
Tours, remarkable not only for his zeal in the cause of religion, but also for
his sedulous care of the poor, in the helping of whom he spent all his
revenues. He rebuilt many churches in his Diocese and
provided fitting shrines for the Relics of Saints venerated
at Tours.
He died A.D. 490,
having been Bishop for
thirty years.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Perpetuus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
20 September 2016. Web. 5 September 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-perpetuus/>
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Perpetuus, St., archbp.
of Tours
Perpetuus, St., 6th
archbp. of Tours, between St. Eustochius and St. Volusianus, both of whom were
his relatives, belonged to one of the great senatorial families of the
Auvergne. He possessed considerable wealth (Greg. Tur. Hist. Franc. x.
31), was a student of sacred literature and a friend of the two poets Sidonius
Apollinaris and Paulinus of Périgueux (Sid. Apoll. Ep. vii. 9; Paul.
Petr. de Vita S. Mart. vi.; Ep. ad Perpet. Migne, Patr.
Lat. lxi. 1064 sqq., 1071). Consecrated in 460 or 461, he presided in 461
over the council of Tours, convoked to check the worldliness and profligacy of
the Gallic clergy (Mansi, vii. 943 sqq.). The council of Vannes, c. 465,
over which apparently he also presided, had the same object (ib. 951
sqq.). His principal work was the construction of the great church of St.
Martin at Tours. The one built by Briccius had become too small for the fame
and miracles of the saint. Of the new one which replaced it at 550 paces from
the city, and to which the saint's body was translated with great ceremony (c. July
4, 473), we have, owing to its being Gregory the historian's own church, full
and interesting details and measurements. (See Hist. Franc. ii.
14; de Mirac. S. Mart. i. 6.) A good many other churches were built
by Perpetuus, notably one in honour of St. Peter and St. Paul, which he
constructed to receive the roof of St. Martin's old church, as it was of
elegant workmanship. Perpetuus also bestowed much care on the services. Gregory
recounts the fasts, vigils and regulations for divine service instituted by him
for different seasons of the year and still observed in Gregory's own time (Hist.
Franc. x. 31; cf. Hist. Litt. ii. 626–627; Ceillier, x. 438,
441). Perpetuus died in 490 or 491, after an episcopate of 30 years (Hist.
Franc. ii. 26; x. 31), and, as he had asked in his will, was buried in the
church he had built, at the feet of St. Martin (Epitaphium in Migne, Patr.
Lat. lviii. 755, and elsewhere).
[S.A.B.] Wace,
Henry. "Perpetuus, St.", A Dictionary of Christian Biography
SOURCE : https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wace/biodict.html?term=Perpetuus,%20St.,%20archbp.%20of%20Tours
Saint Perpetuus
Eighth Bishop of Tours,
d. 1 January, or 8 December, 490, or 8 April, 491. He was a member of the
illustrious family which
produced St. Eustachius, who had been his predecessor, and also St. Volusianus,
who became his successor in the same episcopal
see. Appointed about 460, he guided the Church of Tours for
thirty years, and it is apparent, from what little information we have, that
during his administration Christianity was
considerably developed and consolidated in Touraine. Shortly after his elevation,
St. Perpetuus presided at a council in which eight bishops who
were reunited in Tours on the Feast of St.
Martin had participated, and at this assembly an important rule
was promulgated relative
to ecclesiastical
discipline. He maintained a careful surveillance over the conduct of
the clergy of
his diocese,
and mention is made of priests who
were removed from their office because they had proved unworthy.
He built monasteries and
various churches, but above all he desired to replace by a beautiful basilica (470)
the little chapel that
Saint Britius had constructed, to protect the tomb of
St. Martin. The will of St. Perpetuus was published for the first time in 1661
by Dom Luc d'Achery in his "Spicilegium". This curious historical
monument belonging to the end of the fifth century gives us an excellent idea of
the sanctity of
its author.
Sources
BARONIUS, Ann. (1595),
47-52, 482; BOURASSE, Le testament de S. Perpetue, évêque de Tours, in Bull.
de la Soc. arch. de Touraine, II (Tours, 1871-3), 256; CEILLIER, Hist.
gen. des auteurs sacr. et eccl., XV (Paris, 1748), 189-95; HENSCHENIUS,
in Act. SS. Bolland. (1675), Apr., I, 748-52; Hist. litt. de la
France, II (Paris, 1735), 619-27; ROBOTTI DEL FISCALE, Cenni stor. intorno al
glor. vescovo di Tours, S. Perpetuo (Alessandria, 1859); TILLEMONT, Mém.
pour servir a l'hist. ecclés., XVI (Paris, 1712), 770-3.
Clugnet,
Léon. "St. Perpetuus." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.
11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 8 Apr.
2016 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11700a.htm>.
Transcription. This
article was transcribed for New Advent by Herman F. Holbrook. Benedictus
Deus in sanctis suis.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. February 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2023 by Kevin Knight.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
SOURCE : http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11700a.htm
Perpetuus of Tours B (RM)
Died December 30, 490, or April 8, 491. Perpetuus, born of a senatorial family,
became bishop of Tours c. 460. He dedicated the revenues of his estates to the
relief of those in need. The poor, it is recorded, were his heirs (though
apparently this will was a 17th century forgery): he left them pastures,
groves, vineyards, houses, gardens, water-mills, gold, silver, and his
clothing.
He also venerated his great predecessor Saint Martin, the soldier who had
sliced his cloak in two and given half to a beggar. Martin was buried in a
basilica in Tours and Perpetuus rebuilt and enlarged this fine building to
house the countless pilgrims who flocked to his tomb.
One hundred twenty years later, Saint Gregory of Tours mentions that Perpetuus
decreed that all the people in his diocese should fast on Wednesdays and
Fridays, save at a few church festivals. He also declared several Mondays in
the Christian year as fasts, particularly in the time that became Advent. So
great was Perptuus's influence that these fasts were still being observed in
the diocese of Tours over a century after his death. And so powerful was his
memory that, 13 centuries after his death, some unknown forgers drew up a fake
will for the saint, declaring: "You, my dearly beloved brothers, my crown,
my joy, that is to say, Christ's poor, needy, beggars, sick, widows, and
orphans, you I hereby name and decree to be my heirs." Though the will was
a fake, the true spirit of Saint Perpetuus shines through it (Benedictines,
Bentley, Husenbeth).
In art, Saint Perpetuus is a bishop directing the building of a church.
Sometimes the sick may be shown being healed at his tomb or as his relics are
carried in procession (Roeder).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0408.shtml
April 8
St. Perpetuus, Bishop and
Confessor
HE 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 which time he laboured by
zealous sermons, many synods, and wholesome regulations, to lead souls to
virtue. St. Gregory of Tours mentions his prudent ordinances, prescribing the
manner of celebrating vigils before great festivals in the different churches
in the city. All Fridays and Wednesdays he commanded to be observed fasts of
precept, except during Easter time, from Christmas to St. Hilary’s day, that
is, the 14th day of January, and from St. John Baptist’s day to the end of
August. He added a third fast day every week, probably Monday, from St.
Martin’s to Christmas, which proves the antiquity of Advent. These regulations
were all religiously observed one hundred and twenty years after, when St.
Gregory of Tours wrote his history. 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, causing it
to be built one hundred and fifty-five feet in length, sixty broad, and
forty-five in height. 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 was of a
senatorian family, and possessed very large estates in several provinces; but
consecrated the revenues to the service of the church, and the relief of the
necessitous. He 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. It begins thus: “In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. I, Perpetuus, a
sinner, priest of the church of Tours, would not depart without a last will and
testament, lest the poor should be neglected
* * * You, my bowels, my most
beloved brethren, my crown, my joy, my lords, my children, O poor of Christ,
needy, beggars, sick, widows, orphans; you I declare, name, and make my heirs.
Excepting what is above disposed of, whatever I am possessed of in goods, in
fields, in pasturage, in meadows, in groves, in vineyards, in dwellings, in
gardens, in waters, in mills, or in gold, silver, and garments, and other
things, I appoint you my heirs. It is my will that as soon as possible, after
my departure, they be sold, and the money divided into three parts; of which
two shall be distributed among poor, men, at the discretion of the priest
Agrarius and Count Agilo: and the third among widows and poor women, at the
discretion of the virgin Dadolena,” &c. 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, to one a silver case of relics of saints, to others gold or silver
crosses or chalices, begging of each a remembrance of him in their prayers. His
ancient epitaph equals him to the great St. Martin: St. Apollinaris Sidonius
calls him the true copy of the virtues of that wonderful saint. St. Perpetuus
died either on the 30th of December, in 490, or on the 8th of April, 491. In
the martyrologies of Florus, and some others, his festival is placed on the
first of these days: but in that of Usuard, and in the Roman, on the second.
See his testament published by D’Achery, Spicileg, t. 5. p. 105; also St.
Gregory of Tours, Hist. b. 10. ch. 31. and De Mirac. S. Martini, b. 1. c.
6; Tillemont, t. 16. p. 393; Dom. Rivet. t. 2. p. 619.
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume IV: April. The Lives of the
Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/4/083.html
Pictorial
Lives of the Saints – Saint Perpetuus, Bishop
Article
Saint Perpetuus was the
eighth bishop of Tours from Saint 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. Saint 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 Saint Martin,
Perpetuus finding the church built by Saint 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 Saint 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 Saint Martin:
Reflection – The smart of
poverty, says a spiritual writer, is allayed even more by one word of true
sympathy than by the alms we give. Alms coldly and harshly given irritate
rather than soothe. Even when we cannot give, words of kindness are as a
precious balm; and when we can give, they are the salt and seasoning of our
alms.
MLA
Citation
John Dawson Gilmary Shea.
“Saint Perpetuus, Bishop”. Pictorial Lives of the
Saints, 1889. CatholicSaints.Info.
6 March 2014. Web. 6 September 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/pictorial-lives-of-the-saints-saint-perpetuus-bishop/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/pictorial-lives-of-the-saints-saint-perpetuus-bishop/
San Perpetuo di
Tours Vescovo
Festa: 30 dicembre
Martirologio
Romano: A Tours nella Gallia lugdunense, ora in Francia, san Perpetuo,
vescovo, che edificò la basilica di San Martino e molte altre in onore di santi
e ristabilì nella sua Chiesa l’uso dei digiuni e delle veglie.
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/83430
Den hellige Perpetuus av
Tours (d. ~494)
Minnedag:
8. april
Den hellige Perpetuus
(fr: Perpet) ble født en gang på 400-tallet i Auvergne i Frankrike. Han
tilhørte en av de store senatorfamiliene i Auvergne, og han skal ha tilhørt den
samme fremtredende familien som både hans forgjenger og etterfølger på
bispestolen i Tours, de hellige Eustachius og Volusian.
Eustachius var trolig hans onkel. Han rådde over betydelig velstand,1 var en
student av teologisk litteratur og en venn av de to poetene Sidonius
Apollinaris og Paulinus av Périgueux.2
Rundt 464 (andre sier
rundt 460) ble han valgt til den sjette biskop av Tours (andre lister sier han
var den åttende), og han ledet bispedømmet i tretti år. Hans episkopat oppgis
som enten 460-90 eller 464-94. Han var en av de betydeligste biskopene på sin
tid, og fra den lilleinformasjonen vi har om ham, er det tydelig at
kristendommen under hans administrasjon ble betydelig utvidet og konsolidert i
Touraine. Det sies at han ga inntektene fra sine eiendommer til å hjelpe dem
som var i nød.
Siste kapittel av den hellige Gregor av Tours'
«Frankernes historie» (Historia Francorum) har overskriften De
Turonicis episcopis, «biskoper av Tours, og der bringer Gregor en kronologisk
liste over de syv første biskopene. Først står Gatian med et episkopat på femti
år, og deretter var bispestolen vakant i 36 år. Gatians etterfølger var
Lidorius, som styrte bispedømmet i 33 år; og den tredje biskopen av Tours var
den berømte Martin (371-97).
Gregor plasserer hans ordinasjon i 371 eller 372. Deretter fulgte den
hellige Brictius (fr:
Brice) (397-444), den hellige Eustochius (fr:
Eustoche) (444-61), den hellige Perpetuus (fr: Perpet) (461-91) og på syvende
plass den hellige Volusian (fr:
Volusien) (491-98), som ble fordrevet fra bispesetet av visigoterne
(«vestgoterne»).
I det første året av sitt
episkopat presiderte Perpetuus ved et konsil hvor åtte biskoper møttes i Tours
på Martins festdag. Dette konsilet var kalt sammen for å stanse det galliske
presteskapets verdslighet og utsvevelser, og det ble promulgert en viktig regel
for kirkelig disiplin. 3 Få år senere,
på det første konsilet i Vannes i Bretagne i 467, som åpenbart hadde samme
formål,4 konsekrerte
han sin første biskop, den hellige Paternus av Vannes.
Denne konsekrasjonen på et bispekonsil i Vannes i 467 er en velkommen dato i en
periode med svært lite dokumentasjon. På konsilet møttes seks biskoper fra
provinsen Tours under forsete av metropolitten, Perpetuus, og formålet var
åpenbart å opprette bispedømmet Vannes og konsekrere Paternus til dets første
biskop. På et brev som ble sendt til to biskoper som var fraværende,
undertegnet Paternus som nummer to etter Perpetuus, Paternus episcopus
subscripsi («undertegnet biskop Paternus»).
Perpetuus holdt et
omhyggelig øye med oppførselen til presteskapet i sitt bispedømme, og det
nevnes prester som ble fjernet fra sine embeter fordi de hadde vist seg
uverdige. Gregor av Tours nevner 120 år senere at Perpetuus bestemte at alle
mennesker i hans bispedømme skulle faste på onsdager og fredager, bortsett fra
på noen få kirkelige festdager. Han gjorde også flere mandager i kirkeåret til
fastedager, spesielt i tiden som ble til advent. Hans innflytelse var så stor
at disse fastedagene ble fulgt i bispedømmet Tours over et århundre etter hans
død.5 Den
tidligste referansen til en adventstid er den fasten Perpetuus innførte før jul
med start på Martins festdag den 11. november. Denne tiden var kjent som «St.
Martins fastetid», og skikken ble utvidet til andre frankiske kirker av
konsilet i Mâcon i 581.
Perpetuus bygde klostre
og ulike kirker, men fremfor alt er han kjent for sitt hovedverk, nemlig den
basilikaen han bygde over Martins grav. Martins etterfølger Brictius hadde
bygd et lite kapell for å beskytte Martins grav, men dette var blitt for lite
på grunn av alle pilegrimene. Perpetuus utvidet i 470 dette kapellet til den
praktfulle basilikaen St. Martin, som Gregor av Tours omtaler med beundring.
Siden det var biskop Gregors egen kirke, har vi fått overlevert mange
interessante detaljer om den.6 En samtidig
forfatter sier at basilikaen var et av verdens underverker og verdig til å
sammenlignes med Salomos tempel. Perpetuus bygde også en kirke til ære for
apostelfyrstene Peter og Paulus for å gjenbruke taket på den gamle kirken for
Martin, siden det var et elegant stykke håndverk.
Den hellige biskop
Eufronius av Autun, en venn av Perpetuus, sendte en marmorplate med en skulptur
for å legge over Martins sarkofag. Translasjonen av Martins relikvier ble
foretatt den 4. juli 473. Kisten var så tung at ingen klarte å rikke den, men
da kom en ukjent eldre herre frem og tilbød seg å hjelpe, og da ble kisten
flyttet uten vanskeligheter. Man mente at herren enten måtte være en engel
eller St. Martin selv.
Basilikaen ble et av de
største valfartsmålene i Frankrike. En større basilika ble bygd i 1014, men den
brant i 1230 og ble gjenoppbygd enda større. Denne helligdommen var sentret for
store nasjonale valfarter til 1562, da hugenottene plyndret den fullstendig,
ødela graven og det meste av relikviene. Kannikene fikk restaurert kirken, men
under Den franske revolusjon ble den i 1793 ødelagt fullstendig, bortsett fra
de to tårnene som fortsatt står. For at en gjenoppbygging skulle bli umulig, la
de ateistiske myndighetene to nye gater over stedet. I desember 1860 ble det
utført utgravninger som lokaliserte Martins grav, og noen fragmenter ble
funnet. En ny basilika, mye mindre enn den som var ødelagt, ble påbegynt i 1886
i bysantinsk stil av erkebiskop Guillaume René Meignan av Tours (1884-96).
Basilikaen var ferdig i 1924. Martins grav er fortsatt et viktig pilegrimsmål.
Det er bevart et dokument
som utgir seg for å være Perpetuus' testamente, angivelig skrevet fjorten år
før hans død og signert 1. mars 475. Der innsetter han de fattige som sine
arvinger og etterlater dem beiteområder, skoger, vinmarker, hus, hager,
vannmøller, gull, sølv og klær. Dette dokumentet ble publisert første gang i
1661 av Dom Luc d'Achery i hans Spicilegium, men det er nå avslørt som en
forfalskning.
De siste årene av
Perpetuus' liv ble formørket av goterne, som invaderte Touraine og brakte med
seg det arianske kjetteri. Han døde en 8. april rundt 494, selv om 30. desember
490 og 8. april 491 også oppgis. Han hadde da vært biskop i tretti år.7 I henhold til
sitt testamente ble han gravlagt i den kirken han hadde bygd, ved St. Martins
føtter.8 Hans
minnedag er 8. april, men 30. desember nevnes også. Hans navn står i
Martyrologium Romanum. I kunsten fremstilles han som en biskop som leder
byggingen av en kirke. Noen ganger kan man se en syk som blir helbredet ved
hans grav eller hans relikvier som bæres i prosesjon.
1 Gregor
av Tours, Historia Francorum, X, 31
2 Sidonius
Apollinaris, Epistula VII, 9; Paulinus Petricordiensis, De vita
Sancti Martini episcopi, VI; Epistula ad Perpetuum, i J. P. Migne
(ed.), Patrologia Latina (PL), LXI, s 1064 ff, 1071
3 Giovanni
Domenico Mansi, Historia ecclesiastica, VII, s 943 ff
4 Ibid.,
s 951 ff
5 Historia
Francorum, X, 31; jf. Histoire litteraire de la France, II, s 626-27;
Ceillier, Histoire générale des auteurs sacrés et ecclsiastiques, X, s
438, 441
6 Se Historia
Francorum, II, s 14; Liber de Virtutibus sancti Martini, I, 6
7 Historia
Francorum, II, s 26; X, s 31
8 Epitaphium i
PL, LVIII, s 755
Kilder: Den
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SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/perpetuu
Voir aussi : http://orthodoxievco.net/ecrits/vies/synaxair/avril/perpet.pdf