Julian was the first bishop of Mans, towards the end of the third century, and was succeeded by St. Turibius.
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Julian was the first bishop of Mans, towards the end of the third century, and was succeeded by St. Turibius.
His head was shown in the cathedral of Mans, but most of his relics were burnt or scattered by the Huguenots who plundered his shrine in 1562. Henry II of England was baptised in the church of St. Julian at Mans. Baring-Gould leaves the date uncertain.
Thin entry · the 1914 book gives only 73 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.
Saint Julian was the first to carry the light of the Gospel into that portion of France of which Le Mans is the capital. There he laboured with great success, destroyed the idol which the people worshipped, and persuaded great numbers to be baptized. His life, written several hundreds of years after his death, is of small authority, and contains little of interest.
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Saint Julian was the first to carry the light of the Gospel into that portion of France of which Le Mans is the capital. There he laboured with great success, destroyed the idol which the people worshipped, and persuaded great numbers to be baptized. His life, written several hundreds of years after his death, is of small authority, and contains little of interest. His relics [the bodily remains of a saint, or objects they used, kept with honor] were given to Paderborn in Westphalia, in 1143.
Feast: February 12
Traditional: January 27
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Image: Saintjulianghirlandaio.JPG · Domenico Ghirlandaio · Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new and revised edition (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1914; first edition 1872). Public domain.
Image: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new and revised edition (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1914; first edition 1872). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.
