Protasius

Dedicated to Gervasius and Protasius, it was formerly seat of the powerful brotherhood of the wine merchants, it took its present appearance starting from 16th century.

St-Gervais Church of Paris de Brantigny........................ 2008

Dedicated to Gervasius and Protasius, it was formerly seat of the powerful brotherhood of the wine merchants, it took its present appearance starting from 16th century.

Archive 2008-05-04 de Brantigny........................ 2008

Then didst Thou by a vision discover to Thy forenamed Bishop where the bodies of Gervasius and Protasius the martyrs lay hid

The Confessions 1999

Then by a vision thou madest known to thy renowned bishop the spot where lay the bodies of Gervasius and Protasius, the martyrs, whom thou hadst preserved uncorrupted for so many years in thy secret storehouse, so that thou mightest produce them at a fit time to check a woman's fury -- a woman indeed, but also a queen!

Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955

In the same year, on the Octave of the Holy Trinity, and on the night of the Feast of the Saints Gervase and Protasius, died Brother Arnold, son of Conrad of Nussia, being twenty-six years of age.

The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes �� Kempis Thomas

Cilicia; Gervasius and Protasius, brothers at Milan; after which follows a collective impetration of all the holy martyrs.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Milan; among them Saints Gervasius and Protasius (first persecution of Diocletian), St. Victor (304), Sts. Nabor and Felix, and Sts. Nazarius and Celsus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Audax (633-38) was present at the Fourth Council of Toledo, and Protasius (637-46) at the Sixth and Seventh.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Finally, the translation of the bodies of the martyrs Sts. Gervasius and Protasius by St. Ambrose to the Ambrosian basilica in Milan is an evidence that the practice of offering the Holy Sacrifice on the tombs of martyrs was long established.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

This original form of consecration consisted in the solemn transfer of the relics of a martyr to the altar of a newly erected church The translation of the bodies of Sts. Gervasius and Protasius, made by

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913