Saint Mitre

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St Mitre at Aix Cathedral.

Mitre (433–466) was a Catholic saint, who was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and died in Aix-en-Provence.^[1]

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.

Saint Mitre to this day

A chapel named after Saint-Mitre was built in Aix-en-Provence in the 17th century.
The Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur holds a painting by Nicolas Froment, Légende de saint Mitre, dating back to 1470-1475.
Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts was named after him.
Émile Zola mentions Saint Mitre in the first chapter of La Fortune des Rougon.

Chapel St Mitre in Aix Cathedral.

References

↑ Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, Les Rues d'Aix
↑ célébrités d'aix-en-provence

Les Rues d'Aix, Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, 1846-1848.

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Name	Mitre, Saint
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Date of birth	433
Place of birth
Date of death	466
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