Trophimus of Arles [SEP] position held
Trophimus of Arles
According to Catholic lore, Saint Trophimus of Arles () was the first bishop of Arles, in today's southern France.
History.
It was an early tradition of the Church that under the co-Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus (251 AD), Pope Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul, to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturninus to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges.
. Saint Trophîme, as he is in French, does not rate a biography in the "Catholic Encyclopedia", but the church at Arles dedicated to him, built from the 12th century onwards over a third-century crypt, is one of the glorious monuments of Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Provence. In its cloister a corner figure in the north gallery, dated about 1180, represents Trophimus.
External links.
- TROPHIMUS of Arles
- Saint Trophime: numerous photos of the Romanesque architecture
- Saint Trophime