Sep 282008
Also known as
- Piat
- Piato
Profile
Early evangelist to the areas of Tournai, Belgium and Chartres in Gaul (modern France). Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximian Herculeus.
Born
- martyred c.286 at Tournai, Belgium
- body discovered in the 7th century by Saint Eligius, who made a reliquary for them
- interred at Chartres, France
- miracles reported at his tomb
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints