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ST STAPINUS, BISHOP OF CARCASSONNE - 6 AUGUST

 

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SAINT STAPINUS, BISHOP OF CARCASSONNE

According to some accounts, Stapinus was Bishop of Carcassonne. There, as well as in some parts of Belgium and Germany, he is venerated as the patron saint of gout sufferers. 

His history is obscure. He is said to have been born in Dourgne, in the diocese of Lavaur, between the years 683 and 788, and later to have led a life of asceticism as a hermit in his homeland, until the citizens of Carcassonne summoned him and elected him their bishop. In Carcassonne and other places, notably also in Milan, where an altar in the church of Santa Maria Secreta is dedicated to his name, August 6 is celebrated as his feast day. In Dourgne (Tarn department), a quarter of an hour before the town, there is a pilgrimage church dedicated to him, which is heavily visited on August 6 and contains numerous votive tablets. He is also the second patron saint of the church in Ventenac (Aude department). Formerly, in the 17th century, there was a confraternity dedicated to him in Lyon. Church art depicts Stapinus as a bishop, his feet bandaged like those of a gout sufferer. 

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 362)

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Stapinus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org




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