Saint
Sulpice le Pieux
+Évêque
de Bourges (+ 647)
Chapelain du roi Clotaire
II puis évêque de Bourges. Il fut le protecteur des pauvres et des persécutés.
Son nom fut donné à une paroisse de Paris, qui fut le berceau des séminaires
pour la formation des prêtres.
Évêque de Bourges (647)
l'un des grands évêques de la Gaule. Il a donné son nom à la célèbre abbaye de
Saint Sulpice, anciennement monastère de Notre-Dame de la Nef, où il fut inhumé
(aujourd'hui maison des Petites Sœurs des Pauvres à Bourges). Au moins 350
paroisses, en France, en Belgique, en Suisse ... l'honorent comme Saint Patron,
preuve évidente du rayonnement de l'abbaye Saint Sulpice de Bourges. (Diocèse
de Bourges)
À
Bourges, vers 647, saint Sulpice, surnommé le Pieux, évêque, qui fut promu de
la cour royale à l’épiscopat et n’eut rien de plus cher que de prendre soin de
la cause des pauvres.
Martyrologe
romain
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Saint
Sulpice le Pieux
Né à Vatan en Berry à la fin du 6ème siècle, il fut appelé « le Pieux » ou « le Bon » ou le « Débonnaire », à cause de la douceur de son caractère. Il passa ses premières années à la cour du roi de Bourgogne.
De parents nobles, il fut passionné très tôt par Dieu et les saints livres et dégouté des délices du monde. Il aimait se retirer dans les églises et changeait sont habit de courtisan en habit de pénitent.
Déjà, il chassait le malin des possédés, guérissait des malades par des
prières, attirait des personnes à la pratique de la vertu et à servir Dieu,
bâtissait des églises, meublait des hôpitaux, ornait des monastères, délivrait
des prisonniers et catéchisait les idolâtres dans les campagnes.
Sous les rois
mérovingiens, les Francs de race noble ne pouvaient se consacrer au service des
autels sans la permission du roi; leur naissance les destinait au métier des
armes. Le roi Thierry permît de donner au saint jeune la cléricature.
Il fut aumônier de
l’armée du roi Clotaire II qu’il guérit d’une grave maladie et qui, en 624, le
nomma archevêque de Bourges.
Vrai type du « Bon
Pasteur », il prêcha toujours d’exemple. Il s’employa au soulagement des
pauvres et à la conversion des Juifs de sa ville épiscopale de Bourges. Il
accomplit plusieurs miracles entre 625 et 647 en guérissant des aveugles, des
sourds, des paralytiques, des muets, en ramenant à la vie deux morts et en
stoppant plusieurs incendies par la prière.
Il mourut le 17 janvier 647 et fut inhumé près de Bourges, dans l’abbaye
réorganisée par ses soins.
Saint Sulpice le Pieux
est fêté le 17 janvier.
Sulpice le Pieux a donné
son nom à l’église Saint-Sulpice à Paris, berceau des séminaires pour la
formation des prêtres. Plus de 300 paroisses l’honorent en France, en Belgique
et en Suisse. Particulièrement dans le Berry où une vingtaine de chapelles et
paroisses lui sont dédiées. Plus de quarante communes se nomment
« Saint-Sulpice » en France, deux en Suisse, au moins une en
Belgique…
SOURCE : https://saintsulpicesurlezepatrimoine.com/saint-sulpice-le-pieux/
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Bannière
paroissiale en l'église Saint-Sulpice de Fougères (35).
17 JAN SAINT SULPICE
ÉVÊQUE DE BOURGES, NOTRE SAINT PATRON
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Né en 570, à Vatan, dans le Berry, Sulpice a été envoyé par ses parents à la cour, comme page du roi franc Gontran, petit-fils de Clovis. A 16 ans, son père l’oblige à travailler à l’exploitation agricole familiale, alors qu’il veut devenir moine.
En 612 Saint Outrille, évêque de Bourges, ayant entendu parler de sa droiture, l’appelle à son service, le nomme archidiacre, gérant de la maison épiscopale, responsable de l’assistance des pauvres et gérant de l’école cathédrale.
Ordonné prêtre en 618, à 48 ans, il devient aumônier des armées du roi Clotaire II. Mais, six ans plus tard, à la mort de Outrille, les chrétiens de Bourges le réclament comme évêque : il devient évêque de Bourges et archevêque d’une très grande Province qui comprenait aussi les diocèses de Clermont, Limoges, Cahors, Albi, Rodez, Mende et Le Puy. Son souci des pauvres le pousse à fonder le premier Hôtel-Dieu de la ville. Il meurt le 17 janvier 647, il y a 1374 ans aujourd’hui !
L’abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, fondée au VIème siècle par un roi mérovingien, Childebert 1er, a placé notre église paroissiale sous la protection de ce grand serviteur des rois mérovingiens qu’avait été Saint-Sulpice.
Ce week-end, c’est donc la fête patronale de notre église. C’est l’occasion de rendre grâce à Dieu pour tout ce qui s’y vit de beau et de confier tout ce qui doit encore s’y développer. C’est aussi l’occasion de nous réapproprier notre saint patron.
Saint Sulpice est un saint un peu oublié dans la spiritualité française, mais c’est un saint très populaire dans l’histoire de l’Église puisque 75 églises en France portent son nom, 6 en Belgique et une au Canada. 42 communes actuelles et 10 anciennes communes portent également son nom en France… C’est dire le nombre de sulpiciens (habitants des communes appelées Saint-Sulpice) en France !
Une première manière d’accueillir notre Saint Patron c’est donc de vivre une communion spirituelle avec toutes les personnes qui vivent de manière consciente ou inconsciente sous le patronage de Saint Sulpice. Nous faisons partie de ces nombreux héritiers spirituels de ce grand saint. Cela nous décentre un peu de Paris et nous ouvre à la vie chrétienne de notre pays et de nombreuses réalités rurales.
Saint Sulpice a été choisi comme évêque parce qu’il était un homme droit et intègre. Comme le Christ pendant ses 30 années à Nazareth, Sulpice n’a pas fait parler de lui avant 50 ans. Il s’est enraciné dans la vie chrétienne, exerçant son métier simplement, attentif aux pauvres. Il est devenu progressivement un pilier de la maison épiscopale… non pas par promotion, mais par son esprit de service et de communion. À sa suite, nous sommes invités à vivre l’humble enracinement de notre foi dans la simplicité du quotidien comme un lieu de fécondité pour toute l’Église.
Saint Sulpice est un exemple de vocation tardive : prêtre à 48 ans et évêque à 54… au VIIème siècle c’était très âgé… Il n’aurait pas pu être le pasteur qu’il a été sans un profond ancrage dans la vie spirituelle durant les années qui ont précédé son ordination, mais il n’empêche que sa vie pastorale de prêtre et d’évêque a été extrêmement féconde jusqu’à sa mort. Je trouve que c’est dynamisant pour une part importante de notre population paroissiale qui profite de la retraite pour être de manière très active au service de notre paroisse. Alors quand la fatigue est là, prions saint Sulpice !
Saint Sulpice a été aussi un grand pasteur, qui a marqué son diocèse et bien d’autres. On peut retenir notamment son souci des pauvres avec la fondation d’un hôpital. Nous pouvons lui confier le rayonnement pastoral de notre paroisse et notre attention au service des plus pauvres.
Alors que beaucoup de saints sont connus indépendamment des lieux de culte qui leur sont dédicacés, ici, c’est plutôt le contraire. C’est grâce à notre église Saint-Sulpice que la plupart d’entre nous avons entendu parler de notre Saint Patron pour la première fois… Mais après tout, n’est-ce pas la meilleure manière d’honorer les saints que de faire en sorte que les gens aient envie de découvrir Saint-Sulpice grâce à la vitalité de notre paroisse ?
Alors bonne fête à tous !
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Also
known as
Pius of Bourges
Sulpice of Bourges
Sulpicius the Pious
Profile
Born wealthy. Decided
young to live celibately,
and devoted himself to charity. Bishop of Bourges, France in 624.
Spiritual teacher of Saint Remaclus.
He became known for his personal piety and austerity, and such a good example
that he is reported to have converted his
entire diocese.
Fought for the rights of his people against King Dagobert’s
minister, Lullo. Attended the Council of Clichy in 627.
Late in life he resigned his see to
devote himself to prayer and
service to the poor.
647 of
natural causes
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“Saint Sulpicius of
Bourges“. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 September 2021. Web. 17 January 2022.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sulpicius-of-bourges/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sulpicius-of-bourges/
Sulpicius
II Pius B (RM)
(also
known as Sulpice or Sulpicius Le Debonnaire)
Born in Berry; died 647.
The very celebrated seminary of Saint- Sulpice in Paris is named after this
beloved bishop of Bourges, Aquitaine (France) from 624 to 647. Sulpice was born
into a wealthy family. In his youth, he renounced marriage, gave his patrimony
to the Church, and devoted himself to Christ. After his ordination, he served
King Clotaire II as almoner and chaplain for his armies. He once restored the
dangerously ill king to health through his prayers and fasting.
In 624, Sulpicius succeed
Saint Austregesilus as the second bishop of Bourges. He gained popular
admiration for his generosity, solicitude, and defense of his people against
the tyranny of the Merovingian kings, particularly an official of King
Dagobert. His charity seemed inexhaustible and evinced itself in miraculous
powers. It is related that he converted all the Jews in his diocese and
employed all his time in prayer and episcopal work.
In 627, Sulpice attended
the council of Clichy. Late in life, he resigned his position in order to spend
more time in solitude. His death and funeral were attended by extraordinary
demonstrations of popular mourning. The enormous crowds made it almost impossible
for the officiating clergy to conduct the burial service.
The collection of letters
of Saint Desiderius of Cahors contain a set entitled "To the holy
patriarch, Sulpicius and several of our saint to him." The famous
monastery of Saint-Sulpice at Bourges is said to have been founded by him under
the invocation of the Blessed Virgin; it now belongs to the congregation of
Saint Maur, and is enriched with part of his relics, and some of the blood of
Saint Stephen, titular saint of the stately cathedral. A bone of one of the
arms of Sulpicius is kept in the famous parochial church in Paris (Attwater,
Attwater2, Benedictines, Coulson, Farmer, Husenbeth).
In art Saint Sulpicius is
portrayed visiting the sick (Roeder).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0117.shtml
Le
Bugue - Église Saint-Sulpice - Vitrail de saint Sulpice : saint Sulpice
enfant en prière.
Sulpitius
Sulpitius
the Pious (or the Débonnaire), born at Vatan (Diocese of Bourges), of
noble parents,
before the end of the sixth century, devoted himself from his youth to good works and the study
of Holy Scripture.
Austregisilus, Bishop of Bourges, ordained him cleric
of his church, then deacon,
and finally made him director of his episcopal school. Clotaire II,
King of the Franks,
who had heard his merits spoken of, summoned him and made him chaplain of his
armies. But at the death of Bishop Austregisilus (c. 624) he was recalled to
Bourges to take his place. Sulpitius thenceforth laboured with much zeal and success to
re-establish ecclesiastical
discipline, for the relief of the poor and the conversion of the Jews. In 626 he assisted
at the Council of Clichy and held several others with the bishops of his
province, but nothing of them remains. He intervened with King Dagobert in
behalf of his flock, of whom a too heavy tax was exacted. At the request of the
same king he consecrated to
the See of Cahors his
treasurer St. Didier, who was his personal friend, and there are extant three
letters which he addressed to him. Towards the end of his life Sulpitius took a
coadjutor, Vulfolnde, and retired to a monastery which he
had founded near Bourges. There he died 17 Jan., 646, which day several
Manuscripts of the Hieronymian Martyrology indicate as his feast. In his honour the church
bearing his name was built in Paris, from which the
Society of St. Sulpice derives its own.
Sources
KRUSCH, Mon. Germ. Hist.: Script.
rerum merov. (Hanover, 1902), IV; Acta SS., II, 529; Catalogus
codicum hagiographicorum bibliothecæ Bruxellensis (Brussels, 1889),
II, 76; MABILLON, Acta SS. O.S.B. (Paris,
1669), II, 168; Gallia Christiana (Paris,
1873), II, xvi.
Dégert,
Antoine. "Sulpitius." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.
14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 17 Jan.
2022 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14333a.htm>.
Transcription. This
article was transcribed for New Advent by Douglas J. Potter. Dedicated to
the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Ecclesiastical
approbation. Nihil Obstat. July 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D.,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2021 by Kevin Knight.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
SOURCE : https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14333a.htm
Le
Bugue - Église Saint-Sulpice - Vitrail de saint Sulpice : saint Sulpice
guérissant le roi Clotaire II.
January
17
St.
Sulpicius II., Surnamed le Debonnaire, Archbishop of Bourges
HE is commemorated
on this day in the Roman Martyrology. He was descended of a noble family in
Berry, and educated in learning and piety. His large patrimony he gave to the
church and poor; and being ordained priest, served king Clothaire II. in
quality of almoner and chaplain in his armies; and on a time when he lay
dangerously ill, restored him to his health by prayer and fasting. In 624 he
succeeded St. Austregesilus, commonly called St. Outrille, in the see of
Bourges. He reformed discipline, converted all the Jews in his diocess, and
employed his whole time in prayer and laborious functions, chiefly in the
instruction of the poor. He died in 644. Among the letters of St. Desiderius of
Cahors, we have one which he sent to our saint with this title, “To the holy
patriarch, Sulpicius;” 1 and several
of our saint to him. 2 The famous
monastery which bears his name at Bourges, is said to have been founded by him
under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin; it now belongs to the congregation
of St. Maur, and is enriched with part of his relics, and with a portion of the
blood of St. Stephen, who is the titular saint of the stately cathedral. A bone
of one of the arms of our saint, is kept in the famous parochial church in
Paris, which is dedicated to God under his invocation. See his ancient life in
Bolland. and Mab. sæc. 2. Ben. Gallia Christ. nova, t. 2. p. 18.
Note 1. Apud Canis.
Lect. Art. T. 5. and Bibi. Patr. T. 8. l. 1. ep. 12. [back]
Note 2. Ib. l.
2. [back]
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume I: January. The Lives of the Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : https://www.bartleby.com/210/1/174.html
Le Bugue - Église
Saint-Sulpice - Vitrail de saint Sulpice : saint Sulpice distribuant des
aumônes.
St.
Sulpicius the Pious, Archbishop of Bourges
THE CHURCH of Bourges in France
was founded by St. Ursin, who was sent from Rome to preach the faith in Gaul.
St. Gregory of Tours, in his history, places his mission in the middle of the
third century, 1 yet
in his book on the Glory of Confessors, 2 he
tell us, that he was ordained by the disciples of the apostles, and governed
many years the church of Bourges, which he had planted. He was interred in a
common burial place in a field without the city; but his remains were
translated thence by St. Germanus, bishop of Paris, and abbot of St.
Symphorian’s, 3 and
by Probianus, bishop of Bourges, and deposited in the church of St. Symphorian,
now called St. Ursin’s. 4 This
saint is honoured in the Roman Martyrology on the 9th of November; at Lisieux
and some other places, on the 29th of December. Among the most eminent of his
successors, two are called Sulpicius, and both surnamed Pious; the first, who
is sometimes called the Severe, sat from the year 584 to 591, and his relics
are enshrined in the church of St. Ursin. 5 His
name was inserted in the Roman Martyrology by Baronius, on the 29th of January,
and occurs in other more ancient calendars. 6
Note 1. S. Gr. Tur. Hist. l. 1. c. 28. [back]
Note
2. L. de Gl. Conf. c.
80. [back]
Note 3. Fortunat. in Vitâ S. German.
Paris. [back]
Note
4. Gallia Christ. nova, T. 2. p.
4. [back]
Note 5. See St. Greg. Turon. and Gallia
Christ, nov. T. 2. p. 15. [back]
Note
6. See Benedict XIV. Litter. Apost. præfix.
Martyr. Rom. s. 46. p. 33. [back]
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume I: January. The Lives of the Saints. 1866
SOURCE : https://www.bartleby.com/210/1/173.html
Kathedrale Saint-Étienne in Sens im Département Yonne (Burgund/Frankreich), Bleiglasfenster im nördlichen Seitenschiff (baie 33b), aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, aus der Werkstatt von Alfred Gérente; Darstellung: Sulpicius II., Bischof von Bourges
Saints of the Order of Saint
Benedict – Saint Sulpicius, Archbishop
Saint Sulpicius was the second Archbishop of that
name. He
served King Clothaire II as chaplain and almoner, and when the King was at one
time ill, and in danger of death, he was restored to health by the prayers of
the Saint. Sulpicius became a Monk of the Benedictine Order, and after the
death of Saint Austryes, the Archbishop of Bourges, he succeeded to the vacant
See. He was noted in his monastery for his obedience, piety, silence and
sobriety; in which virtues he surpassed all the other members of his community.
His eloquence worked
wonders among the Jews, numbers of whom were converted to Christianity by his
means. The fame of his sanctity having pervaded all Aquitaine, many that were
sick were brought to this Saint to be healed; and one day he was called to a
boy who had died of hunger. Saint Sulpicius, after examining the corpse,
ordered it to be carried to his cell, where, with many prayers and tears, he
threw himself over it; and soon the boy awoke as if from sleep, and rose
refreshed. Nor was this the only life that was restored by the prayers of the
good Archbishop. He quelled a tumult which arose in consequence of the avarice
of the Queen, who caused heavy taxes to be imposed on the poor, and, by his
exhortations and denunciations, he induced Clothaire to repent. The King laid
aside his royal robes, and, with tears and protestations, begged forgiveness
for his sins; and, as an expiatory offering to God, he made rich offerings to
the Church. Saint Sulpicius died at a good old age, in the year 647, to the
great sorrow of his people, and many notable miracles were performed at his
tomb.
– text and illustration
taken from Saints
of the Order of Saint Benedict by Father Aegedius
Ranbeck, O.S.B.
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-order-of-saint-benedict-saint-sulpicius-archbishop/
Statue
of Saint Sulpice on the right hand side of the high altar. (For the
identification of the statue see here.)
Short
Lives of the Saints – Saint Sulpicius, Bishop
Entry
Saint Sulpicius was a
priest of Gaul in the seventh century, under Austregisilus, bishop of Bourges.
The king, Clothaire II, learning of (he zeal and piety which had characterized
the life of the servant of God from early youth, appointed Sulpicius the
almoner to his own serfs. A miraculous cure having afterwards been wrought in
the person of the monarch through the prayers of his holy almoner, Clothaire
had the latter elevated to the see of Bourges. In that responsible position,
Sulpicius manifested a wonderful zeal, prudence, and exactitude of discipline.
His days were spent in apostolic labors, and his nights devoted to prayer. Full
of good works, he died on January 17th, 644.
We will as yet,
With God’s help.
Instruct thy mind;
That thou the better mayest
Discover to the skies
The right path.
– from King Alfred’s Metres of Boëithius
Favorite Practice
– An active solicitude for the salvation of our neighbor.
MLA
Citation
Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly.
“Saint Sulpicius, Bishop”. Short
Lives of the Saints, 1910. CatholicSaints.Info.
1 April 2021. Web. 17 January 2022.
<https://catholicsaints.info/short-lives-of-the-saints-saint-sulpicius-bishop/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/short-lives-of-the-saints-saint-sulpicius-bishop/
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Saint-Sulpice.
Baie 02 de l'église Saint-Sulpice de Sens-de-Bretagne (35).
San Sulpizio il Pio Vescovo di Bourges
†
Bourges, Francia, 647
Martirologio Romano: A
Bourges nella regione dell’Aquitania, in Francia, san Sulpicio, detto il Pio,
vescovo, che, dalla corte regia elevato all’episcopato, nulla ebbe più caro che
prendersi cura dei poveri.
San Sulpizio II, detto “il Pio”, fu vescovo di Bourges, nella Francia centro-settentrionale. La sua “Vita”, scritta poco dopo la sua morte, narra una versione abbastanza classica della sua gioventù, cioè il passaggio da una vita agiata alla rinuncia ai suoi beni ed alla completa dedizione ai poveri, seguita inoltre d auna condotta molto austera: rigidi digiuni, preghiere notturne, recita quotidiana dell’intero salterio.
Non ci è dato conoscere la data della sua elezione a vescovo, collocabile comunque prima del 627, poiché in tale anno partecipò al concilio di Clichy e consacrò San Desiderio a vescovo di Cahors. I due intrattenevano una regolare corrispondenza epistolare. Fu un pastore amatissimo dal popolo, che egli difendeva dalla tirannia di Lullo, ministro del re Dagoberto. I re merovingi in questo periodo erano infatti tutt’altro che sostenitori della Chiesa, ma Sulpizio, organizzando un digiuno di tre giorni riuscì a convincere il nuovo sovrano, Clodoveo II, a trattare il suo popolo con maggior riguardo.
Qualche anno prima di morire, ormai stremato dalle fatiche, chiese al re di essere sostituito nel ministero episcopale, così da potersi dedicare interamente alla cura dei poveri. Morì nel 647 ed al suo funerale si manifestarono straordinarie scene di lutto, tanto che il clero faticò a concludere la celebrazione delle esequie. Alla sua memoria è dedicato il celebre seminario parigino di Saint-Sulpice.
Autore: Fabio Arduino
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/38185
Maurs
- Abbatiale - Vitrail de l'abside - Le Christ entouré de saint Sulpice et saint
Césaire, 1845
Den
hellige Sulpicius (II) Pius av Bourges ( -647)
Minnedag: 17.
januar
Skytshelgen for Bourges;
for sulpisianerne og presteseminaret Saint-Sulpice; mot gikt og hudsykdommer
Den hellige Sulpicius
(Sulphicus, Sulpitius; fr: Sulpice) ble født på slutten av 500-tallet i en
velstående og gammel adelsfamilie i Vatan i Midt-Frankrike. Han ble senere kalt
Sulpicius Pius (Débonnaire = den fromme) for å skjelne ham fra en navnebror og
forgjenger på bispesetet i Bourges. Han vokste opp ved hoffet til frankerkongen
Klotar II (613-28). Han avsto fra å gifte seg og ga sin arv til Kirken, og helt
fra ungdommen viet han seg til gode gjerninger.
Han dro til den hellige
biskop Austregisilus
av Bourges i Aquitania i Frankrike for å få teologisk utdannelse, og i
613 ble han presteviet. Han ble deretter leder for katedralskolen. Kong Klotar
II (613-28) fikk høre om hans ry og tilkalte ham, og deretter tjente Sulpicius
som almisseutdeler og kapellan for kongens hærer. En gang kongen var alvorlig
syk, ga Sulpicius ham helsen tilbake gjennom sine bønner.
Vi vet ikke nøyaktig når
han selv ble valgt til biskop av Bourges etter Austregisilus' død; noen kilder
sier 615 og andre 624. Han hadde i alle fall denne stillingen til sin død. Han
lot bygge en rekke kirker og deltok på bispesynoden i Clichy i utkanten av
Paris i 627. Etter å i mellomtiden ha blitt utnevnt til erkebiskop, viet han i
630 den hellige Desiderius (Didier)
til biskop av Cahors i Sørvest-Frankrike og hans disippel Remaclus til abbed
for benediktinerklosteret Solignac ved Limoges i Midt-Frankrike. Sulpicius skal
ha korrespondert regelmessig med Desiderius.
Ved Bourges grunnla
Sulpicius klosteret Navarium (lat. navis = skip), som fikk sitt navn fordi det
syntes å svømme mellom elva Yèvre og dennes sideelv Auron. Senere fikk
klosteret navnet Saint-Sulpice etter sin grunnlegger. Han var elsket av sitt
folk for sin gavmildhet og omsorg for de fattige og forfulgte, spesielt dem som
var ofre for Lullo, en tyrannisk tjenestemann hos kong Dagobert I (629-39).
Dette var på en tid da merovingerkongene langt fra støttet Kirken. Ved å
organisere en tre dagers faste, tvang Sulpicius Dagoberts etterfølger Klodvig
II (639-57) til å behandle folket rimelig. Mot slutten av sitt liv fikk han
kongen til å utnevne en ny biskop for å ta hans plass, slik at han kunne vie
mer av sine minskende krefter til omsorgen for de fattige. I 632 overlot han
den daglige driften av bispedømmet til sin koadjutor Vulfolnde og trakk seg
tilbake til klosteret Navarium, og derfra drev han en energisk misjonering av
jøder og kjettere. Det heter at han omvendte alle jødene i bispedømmet.
Han døde den 17. januar
647 og hans begravelse ble ekstraordinær på grunn av den enorme manifestasjonen
av folkelig sorg, som gjorde det nesten umulig for prestene å gjennomføre
seremonien. Han ble gravlagt i klosteret Navarium, og her ble hans grav skjendet
under Den franske revolusjon. En del av relikviene forble i klosteret, mens en
annen del kom til kirken Saint-Sulpice i Paris og til sognekirken på hans
fødested Vatan. Hans minnedag er 17. januar og hans navn står i Martyrologium
Romanum. Hans biografi ble skrevet få år etter hans død. Den forteller om hans
asketiske liv med streng faste, bønn det meste av natten og resitasjon av hele
psalteret hver dag. I kunsten avbildes han mens han besøker de syke.
Sognepresten ved kirken
Saint-Sulpice i Paris, Jean-Jacques Olier (1608-57), grunnla
sekularprestkongregasjonen Sulpisianerne (Societas Presbyterorum a Sancto
Sulpicio – PSS) for utdannelse av prester. Helt til begynnelsen av
1900-tallet var presteseminaret Saint-Sulpice i Paris den mest fremstående
skolen for utdannelse av franske prester. Kongregasjonen er i dag representert
i mange land over hele verden. En armrelikvie av Sulpicius oppbevares i
Saint-Sulpice i Paris. I Bourges feires hans translasjonsfest den 27. august.
En tidligere hellig
biskop av Bourges ved navn Sulpicius (I) (død
591) æres også som hellig med minnedag 29. januar.
Kilder: Attwater
(dk), Attwater/John, Attwater/Cumming, Farmer, Butler (I), Benedictines,
Bunson, Schauber/Schindler, Gorys, Dammer/Adam, KIR, CE, CSO, Infocatho,
Heiligenlexikon - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Sist oppdatert: 2004-03-06 11:43
SOURCE : http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/s2bourges
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Vitrail
de Jean Besseyrias représentant saint Sulpice, église de
Saint-Sulpice-de-Mareuil, commune nouvelle de Mareuil en Périgord, Dordogne,
France.
Voir
aussi : https://www.touteslesprieres.com/priere-1539-priere-a-saint-sulpice-le-pieux-contre-les-troubles-de-croissance.html
http://www.histoire-saint-sulpice-oise.fr/Saint-Sulpice-le-Pieux-le-debonnaire_v1a.html
