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Greek saint
A.K.A.
Mitre of Aix
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Thessaloniki, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia Region, Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace
Place of death
Aix-en-Provence, canton of Aix-en-Provence-Nord-Est, arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Mitre (433–466) was a Catholic saint, who was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and died in Aix-en-Provence.
Biography
According to the legend, 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.
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