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…subject of a child who could not remember having been baptized, but recalled having had his head wrapped up in linen, which was probably the chrisom cloth.

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November 30 · Bishop

St. Trojanus of Saintes

St. Trojanus of Saintes

…subject of a child who could not remember having been baptized, but recalled having had his head wrapped up in linen, which was probably the chrisom cloth.

Traditional feast

November 30
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1897)

Current feast

Not verified yet

Represents

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Early life

The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.

Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 113 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

…subject of a child who could not remember having been baptized, but recalled having had his head wrapped up in linen, which was probably the chrisom cloth. S. Trojanus replied, “ It is ordered that whoever cannot remember having been baptized, and there is no one who can prove that he has, shall receive baptism as soon as possible, lest you should be held responsible for that soul, should it be deprived of the sacrament” He was popularly believed in an uncritical age to be endowed with the gift of miracles, both during his life and after his death, which took place in 532.

What they represent

How they teach us to live

Drawn from themes in the original account

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Keep their day. Remember them on November 30 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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The full original · 113 words

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Baring-Gould’s sources: Gallican and Roman Martyrologies. Usuardus, Ado, &c. Authority: — Gregory of Tours, De Gloria Confess, c. 59.] Trojanus, Bishop of Saintes, was raised to the episcopal office in 511. He rendered himself celebrated by his virtues. Eumerius, Bishop of Nantes, consulted him on the 1 This was lost at the Moorish invasion in the time of Charles Martel. In 1250, Hugues, a monk of S. Victor, pretended to rediscover it, and the cross of his ** invention ” is now venerated at S. Victor. S. Tugdual.

…subject of a child who could not remember having been baptized, but recalled having had his head wrapped up in linen, which was probably the chrisom cloth. S. Trojanus replied, “ It is ordered that whoever cannot remember having been baptized, and there is no one who can prove that he has, shall receive baptism as soon as possible, lest you should be held responsible for that soul, should it be deprived of the sacrament” He was popularly believed in an uncritical age to be endowed with the gift of miracles, both during his life and after his death, which took place in 532. He was buried beside Bibianus, one of his predecessors.

Feast days

Feast: November 30

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From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). 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.