{{Infobox saint | honorific prefix = Saint | name = Piatus | image = San Piatón (cropped).JPG | caption = Statue of Saint Piatus in Anstaing | titles = Hieromartyr | birth_date = c. 3rd century | birth_place = Benevento, Italy | death_date = c. 286 | death_place = Tournai, Belgium<ref name="patron">{{cite web |title=Saint Piaton of Tournai |work=CatholicSaints.Info |url=http://catholicsaints.info/saint-piaton/ |access-date=2025-10-04}}</ref> | venerated_in = Roman Catholic Church<br />Eastern Orthodox Church | canonized_date = Pre-Congregation | feast_day = October 1 | attributes = holding top part of his skull | patronage = Tournai }} '''Piatus of Tournai''' (also '''Piaton''', '''Platon''', '''Piat''', '''Piato''') (died c. 286) was a Belgian saint. He was a native of Benevento, Italy, and is traditionally said to have been sent by the pope to evangelize the cities of Chartres and Tournai. Tradition also states that he was ordained by Dionysios the Areopagite. He was martyred under Maximian by having the top of his skull sliced off. He may be recognized in depictions holding the sliced portion of his skull. Eligius later discovered Piatus' relics and made a reliquary for them.<ref name="patron"/>
Some of his relics can be found at Chartres Cathedral.<ref name="uortho">{{cite web|last=Roman |first=Alexander |title=Chartres Cathedral: When East had already met West |publisher=Ukrainian Orthodoxy |url=http://www.unicorne.org/ORTHODOXY/articles/articles_b/chartres.htm |access-date=2007-03-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004050549/http://www.unicorne.org/orthodoxy/articles/articles_b/chartres.htm |archivedate=October 4, 2006 }}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Tournai - Eglise Saint-Piat.jpg|Church of Saint-Piat, Tournai Image:Chartres Chorapsiden.jpg|Chapel of Saint-Piat, Chartres Cathedral Image:Chartres 06.jpg|Stained-glass window of Saint-Piat in Chartres Cathedral </gallery>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121026053523/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1001.shtml#piat Saint of the Day, October 1: Piaton] at ''SaintPatrickDC.org'' *{{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070904110341/http://www.amisdesgeants.org/pages/retour_st_piat.html Le Retour de Saint Piat] - French page that includes pictures of the relics of Saint Piatus
===Interwiki=== * At the French Wikipedia, a page about "La Grande procession de Tournai", which features a picture of the relics of Saint Piatus {{Catholic saints - martyrs|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Piatus}} Category:3rd-century births Category:286 deaths Category:People from Benevento Category:Belgian saints Category:Italian saints Category:3rd-century Christian martyrs Category:3rd-century Romans
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