Saint Latuinus (''Latrium, Lain, Latuin'') is venerated as a

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by the

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. He is considered to have been the first

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, during the 5th century, from 400 to 440 AD. According to the ''

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'', "

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believed that for the period anterior to 900 no reliance can be placed on the episcopal catalogue of Séez, which we know by certain compilations of the sixth century." A later tradition makes him a 1st-century bishop and missionary sent to

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. This had the intent of making the diocese of Sées have an older tradition than it actually had. According to another

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tradition, he was sent to the region by

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. Another local tradition states that Latuinus built an oratory on the site of the current Chapelle Saint-Latuin, in the diocese of Sées, towards the end of the 4th century.

Veneration

According to one source, the devotion to Latuinus remains strong in the diocese of Sées, as evidenced by an annual

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to the Chapelle.

Notes

External links

Diocèse de Séez
at the

{{authority control 5th-century Christian saints Bishops of Sées Gallo-Roman saints