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Saint

Torquatus

Bishop of Guadix

One of the Seven Apostolic Men, bishop of Guadix in Spain.

Feast
January 31old style February 13
Era
4th century

Life

Saint Torquatus (in Latin "he who wears a collar"), hierarch, was the fifth bishop of the city of Saint-⁠Paul-⁠Trois-⁠Châteaux, in the Tricastin, in the south of Dauphiné, in the fourth century. His commemoration is on 31 January or 1 February. His life is completely unknown. His name was mentioned in the liturgical books of his bishopric until the eighteenth century, and a chapel of Saint-⁠Torquat at Suze-⁠la-⁠Rousse bears his name. He should not be confused with Torquatus of Guadix, one of the Seven Apostolic Men of Spain.

Commemorated the same day January 31