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2 unusual facts about Paul of Narbonne


Anglesola

The present parish church is dedicated to St. Paul of Narbonne and is believed to have been built in the same place where the original was.

Paul of Narbonne

Gregory of Tours (Historia Francorum I, 30), using an acta of Saturninus, affirms that Paul was among those consecrated priests at Rome and sent to replant the Christian communities in Gaul.


Saint Martial

All that is known about him may be summed up thus: Under the Emperors Decius and Gratius (AD 250-251), Pope Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges.


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