Saint Mitre
Mitre (433–466) was a Catholic saint, who was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and died in Aix-en-Provence.[1]
Mitre at Aix Cathedral
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 Archived 2007-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Les Rues d'Aix, Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, 1846–1848.
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