Patroclus of Troyes

Patroclus of Troyes ( French: Patrocle, sanded Parr ( s ), English: Patroccus, German: Patroclus, * 200; † about 259 in Troyes ) was a saint and martyr.

Vita and the veneration of saints

He was, according to legend beheaded during the persecution of Valerian. His name is identical with the Homeric Patroclus.

Archbishop Bruno of Cologne transferred the relics of France in the St. Patroclus Cathedral ( 964 ) in Soest, where he is still revered today. As successor of St. Peter as the patron of the oldest parish church, St. Peter's Church, and crest donor of the city, Patroclus was the patron saint ( patron ) of Soest.

From Martyr Patroclus also the names of two places derive in the immediate vicinity of Troyes: Saint- Parres- lès- Vaudes and Saint- Parres- aux- Tertres ( 2,700 inhabitants). The inhabitants of Saint -Parres hot in French Patroclien (ne) s Between the town of Soest and Saint- Parres- aux- Tertres a city " friendship ".

Art historical significance is the historical Patroklusschrein whose remains (Berlin) are now owned by the Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art.

Patroclus of Troyes is not to be confused with the Merovingian Saints Patroclus of Bourges.