Feastday: January 21
Patron: invoked against demons and fever
Death: 259
Confessor, also listed as Patroccus. He was a wealthy Christian who lived in Troyes, Gauland was arrested during the persecution of the Church launched by Emperor Aurelian. When Roman officials tried to drown him in the Seine River, he escaped their clutches for a brief time. Recaptured, he was beheaded.
For the Merovingian saint, see Patroclus of Bourges.Saint Patroclus (Patroccus; French: Parre, German: Patroklus) of Troyes was a Christian martyr who died around 259 AD. A wealthy native of Troyes, he was noted for his charity.
Highly venerated after the discovery of his Acts, Patroclus is said to have been arrested during the persecutions of the Emperor Aurelian. He is said to have converted Sabinian of Troyes.
His persecutors attempted to drown him in the River Seine, but Patroclus managed to briefly escape. However, he was recaptured and beheaded at Troyes. The name of the church (Troyes) is named after the Ancient Greek city of Troy
Veneration
St. Patrokli, Soest
Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne transported Patroclus' relics from Troyes to Cologne in 960, and transferred them in 964 to Soest, Germany, where they are held in the church St. Patrokli, dedicated to the saint.
In art, Patroclus is depicted as a warrior pointing to a fish with a pearl in its mouth, often invoked against demons and fever.
His feast day is January 21.
