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{{Short description|French priest and evangelist in Christian tradition}}
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'''Saint Papulus''' ({{langx|fr|Papoul}}) was, according to [[Christianity|Christian]] tradition, a [[priest]] who worked with [[Saturninus of Toulouse]] to evangelize southern [[Gaul]]. Papulus is considered an evangelist of the [[Lauragais]].<ref name="abbaye de Saint-Papoul">[http://www.payscathare.org/3-6429-History.php abbaye de Saint-Papoul] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102044250/http://www.payscathare.org/3-6429-History.php |date=2007-11-02 }}</ref>

Legends associated with Saturninus state that after [[Saint Peter]] consecrated him a bishop, "he was given for his companion Papulus, later to become Saint Papulus the Martyr."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020109055851/http://magnificat.ca/cal/engl/11-29.htm Lives of the Saints, November 29, Saint Saturninus]</ref>

He was martyred, like Saturninus, during the persecutions of [[Diocletian]]. Papulus' unreliable legend states that upon reaching [[Carcassonne]], he and Saturninus were imprisoned in a tower by the magistrate Rufinus, but they were miraculously released and went to [[Toulouse]]. Saturninus went into [[Spain]], leaving Papulus in charge of the Christian converts at Toulouse. His legend states that he performed countless [[miracles]] and converted many [[paganism|pagans]]. He was ultimately [[decapitation|beheaded]] after being tortured.<ref>[[Sabine Baring-Gould]], ''The Lives of the Saints'' (J. Hodges, 1880), 65</ref>

==Veneration==
Papulus' [[relics]] were [[translation (relics)|translated]] to the church of Saint Saturninus at Toulouse.<ref>[[Sabine Baring-Gould]], ''The Lives of the Saints'' (J. Hodges, 1880), 65.</ref>

The town of [[Saint-Papoul]] was founded during the 8th century when an abbey was established here, dedicated to Papulus.<ref name="abbaye de Saint-Papoul"/>

The [[diocese of Saint-Papoul]], of which [[Saint-Papoul Cathedral]] was the center, was created as an episcopal see by [[John XXII]] in 1317.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03331b.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Carcassonne]</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5223 St. Papulus]
*{{in lang|it}} [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/76040 San Papulo]

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[[Category:3rd-century Christian martyrs]]
[[Category:Gallo-Roman saints]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]

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