Saint Mitre
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Mitre was a Catholic saint, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and deceased in Aix-en-Provence in 466[1].
[edit] Biography
According to the legend[2], Mitre, a field worker living in Aix-en-Provence with Arvendus, was charged with witchcraft for making a miracle come true. He was beheaded. He then picked up his head and took it to a church in Aix, Église Notre-Dame de la Seds.
On 23 October 1383 his relics were moved to the Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur in Aix-en-Provence. It is said that the right-hand column holding his tombstone had a shining hole in it, giving out a liquid good for curing eye sores.[3]
[edit] Saint Mitre to this day
- A chapel named after Saint-Mitre was built in Aix-en-Provence in the 17th century.[4]
- The Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur holds a painting by Nicolas Froment, Légende de saint Mitre, dating back to 1470-1475[5].
- Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts was named after him.
[edit] References
- ^ Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, Les Rues d'Aix
- ^ célébrités d'aix-en-provence
- ^ Paul Mariéton's diary, 1889.
- ^ Ville d'Aix-en-Provence : Chapelle Saint- Mitre
- ^ Retables : de la commande à la pose
- Les Rues d'Aix, Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, 1846-1848.
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