Saint Piatus [SEP] canonization status
Piatus of Tournai
Piatus of Tournai (also Piaton, Platon, Piat, Piato) (died c. 286) was a Belgian saint. He was a native of Benevento, Italy, and is traditionally said to have been sent by the pope to evangelize the cities of Chartres and Tournai. Tradition also states that he was ordained by Dionysios the Areopagite. He was martyred under Maximian by having the top of his skull sliced off. He may be recognized in depictions holding the sliced portion of his skull. Saint Eligius later
Piatus of Mons
Piatus of Mons (August 5, 1815–April 21, 1904) was a Francophone (Belgian) Catholic theologian.
Biography.
Piatus of Mons was born under the secular name Jean-Joseph Loiseaux on August 5, 1815. As a student of priesthood he distinguished himself in moral theology and canon law.
After his ordination as a secular priest of the Diocese of Tournai in Belgium in 1838, he continued his study of canon law at the Catholic University of Leuven. In 1843 he was appointed