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|name= Saint Lupus of Troyes
|name= Saint Lupus of Troyes
|birth_date=c. 383
|birth_date=c. 383
|death_date=c. 479<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vWn9SabAOUoC&pg=PA477&lpg=PA477&dq=Lupus+of+Troyes&source=bl&ots=xOclStdHHJ&sig=ACfU3U2KuE8rL5xHkhafSjCABF5lvpyOZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixhqKm8a_gAhXom-AKHQhIB2M4FBDoATADegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=Lupus%20of%20Troyes&f=false Holmes, T. Scott. ''The Origin and Developement of the Christian Church in Gaul During the First Six Centuries of the Christian Era'', Mac Millan, 1911, p. 480]</ref>
|death_date=c. 478
|feast_day= July 29
|feast_day= July 29
|venerated_in= [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Church]]
|venerated_in= [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Church]]
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'''Saint Lupus''' ({{lang-fr|Loup, Leu}}) ({{c.}} 383 – c. 478 AD) was an early [[bishop of Troyes]].
'''Saint Lupus''' ({{lang-fr|Loup, Leu}}) ({{c.}} 383 – c. 478 AD) was an early [[bishop of Troyes]]. Around 426, the bishops in Britain requested assistance from the bishops of Gaul in dealing with Pelagianism. [[Germanus of Auxerre]] and Lupus were sent.


==Life==
==Life==
Born at [[Toul]], he was the son of a wealthy nobleman, Epirocus of Toul. He has been called the brother of [[Vincent of Lérins]].<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06269a.htm Goyau, Georges. "Fréjus." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 9 February 2019</ref> Having lost his parents when he was an infant, Lupus was brought up by his uncle Alistocus. Lupus was brother-in-law to [[Hilary of Arles]], as he had married one of Hilary's sisters, Pimeniola. Lupus held a number of estates in Maxima Sequanorum, and worked as a [[lawyer]]. After six years of marriage, he and his wife parted by mutual agreement.
Born at [[Toul]], he was the son of a wealthy nobleman, Epirocus of Toul. He has been called the brother of [[Vincent of Lérins]].<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06269a.htm Goyau, Georges. "Fréjus." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 9 February 2019</ref> Having lost his parents when he was an infant, Lupus was brought up by his uncle Alistocus. Lupus was brother-in-law to [[Hilary of Arles]], as he had married one of Hilary's sisters, Pimeniola. Lupus held a number of estates in Maxima Sequanorum, and worked as a [[lawyer]]. After six years of marriage, he and his wife parted by mutual agreement.


Lupus sold his estate and gave the money to the poor. He entered [[Lérins Abbey]], a community led by [[Saint Honoratus]]. Around 426, Lupus was named bishop of Troyes. Lupus was reluctant to assume this office: a story told of him was when he traveled to [[Mâcon]] in order to dispose of an estate, he was met by deputies of the diocese of Troyes with the news of the death of Ursus, bishop of Troyes, and his own selection to the see. Lupus refused to take this office but eventually relented.<ref name="Saints of July 29"/>
Lupus sold his estate and gave the money to the poor. He entered [[Lérins Abbey]], a community led by [[Saint Honoratus]], where he stayed about a year. In 427 Honoratus was named Bishop of Arles, and Hilary accompanied him to his new see. Lupus retired to [[Macon]] where he came to the attention of [[Germanus of Auxerre]], who appointed Lupus bishop of Troyes. Lupus was reluctant to assume this office and at first declined, but eventually relented. In the autumn of 429, the Council of Arles, at the request of the bishops in Britain, sent Lupus and [[Germanus of Auxerre]] to combat [[Pelagianism]].<ref name="Saints of July 29"/> They returned to Gaul just after Easter in the spring of 430.


Lupus was bishop for fifty-two years and died at Troyes in 479.
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[[Sidonius Apollinaris]] called him "The father of fathers and bishop of bishops, the chief of the Gallican prelates, the rule of manners, the pillar of truth, the friend of God, and the intercessor to him for men."<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/210/7/241.html#txt1 Butler, Alban. "St. Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, Confessor", ''The Lives of the Saints'', vol. vii, 1866]</ref>


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[[Sidonius Apollinaris]] called him "The father of fathers and bishop of bishops, the chief of the Gallican prelates, the rule of manners, the pillar of truth, the friend of God, and the intercessor to him for men."<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/210/7/241.html#txt1 Butler, Alban. "St. Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, Confessor", ''The Lives of the Saints'', vol. vii, 1866]</ref>
In 429, the Council of Arles sent Lupus and [[Germanus of Auxerre]] to Britain to combat [[Pelagianism]].<ref name="Saints of July 29"/>


==Lupus and Attila==
==Lupus and Attila==

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Saint Lupus of Troyes
Le Lou-du-Lac Église
Bornc. 383
Toul, Western Roman Empire
Diedc. 479[1]
Troyes
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
FeastJuly 29
Attributesdepicted with a diamond falling from heaven as he celebrates Mass; shown holding a chalice with a diamond in it or at the altar, giving a diamond to a king[2]

Saint Lupus (Template:Lang-fr) (c. 383 – c. 478 AD) was an early bishop of Troyes. Around 426, the bishops in Britain requested assistance from the bishops of Gaul in dealing with Pelagianism. Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus were sent.

Life

Born at Toul, he was the son of a wealthy nobleman, Epirocus of Toul. He has been called the brother of Vincent of Lérins.[3] Having lost his parents when he was an infant, Lupus was brought up by his uncle Alistocus. Lupus was brother-in-law to Hilary of Arles, as he had married one of Hilary's sisters, Pimeniola. Lupus held a number of estates in Maxima Sequanorum, and worked as a lawyer. After six years of marriage, he and his wife parted by mutual agreement.

Lupus sold his estate and gave the money to the poor. He entered Lérins Abbey, a community led by Saint Honoratus, where he stayed about a year. In 427 Honoratus was named Bishop of Arles, and Hilary accompanied him to his new see. Lupus retired to Macon where he came to the attention of Germanus of Auxerre, who appointed Lupus bishop of Troyes. Lupus was reluctant to assume this office and at first declined, but eventually relented. In the autumn of 429, the Council of Arles, at the request of the bishops in Britain, sent Lupus and Germanus of Auxerre to combat Pelagianism.[2] They returned to Gaul just after Easter in the spring of 430.

Lupus was bishop for fifty-two years and died at Troyes in 479.

Sidonius Apollinaris called him "The father of fathers and bishop of bishops, the chief of the Gallican prelates, the rule of manners, the pillar of truth, the friend of God, and the intercessor to him for men."[4]

Lupus and Attila

Lupus was credited with saving Troyes from the Huns under Attila, in 451.[5] According to the accounts, after praying for many days, Lupus, dressed in full episcopal regalia, went to meet Attila at the head of a procession of the clergy. Attila was allegedly so impressed with Lupus that he spared the city. Attila went on to lose the Battle of Châlons. Lupus ran into trouble when Attila asked the bishop to accompany him and his army after Châlons; Attila believed that Lupus’ presence would spare his army from extermination. However, Lupus was accused by the Romans of helping the Huns escape. Lupus was forced to leave Troyes, and he became a hermit in the mountains. But "many scholars doubt the veracity of the account of the Attila incident."[5] A similar story is told of Saint Genevieve. Donald Attwater writes that the tale of Lupus and Attila is hagiographical rather than historical.[6] However, the historical kernel it might contain is that Troyes was spared being sacked by Attila's army and that its inhabitants considered this a miraculous deliverance.

References

  1. ^ Holmes, T. Scott. The Origin and Developement of the Christian Church in Gaul During the First Six Centuries of the Christian Era, Mac Millan, 1911, p. 480
  2. ^ a b Saint of the Day, July 29
  3. ^ Goyau, Georges. "Fréjus." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 9 February 2019
  4. ^ Butler, Alban. "St. Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, Confessor", The Lives of the Saints, vol. vii, 1866
  5. ^ a b St. Lupus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
  6. ^ Attwater, Donald. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints,(1945) Reprint: 1981, p. 223.
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