Saint Claudius of Troyes

Memorial

• 21 July

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Roman officer in the army of Aurelius. Received Saint Julia of Troyes as a slave and a spoil of war. She converted him. Martyred in the persecutions of Aurelian.

Died

• beheaded in 273 at Troyes, Gaul (modern France)
• relics at the Benedictine convent at Jouarre, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Claudius of Troyes”. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 October 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-claudius-of-troyes/>