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Tropez, a martyr who preferred Jesus to honours
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According to tradition, Saint Tropez - also known as Torpetius, Torpè or Torpete - was the head of Nero's guard at the time of the martyrdom (in 67) of Saint Paul, who converted him. The same fate befell him just a year later.
The place name Saint-Tropez originates from his cult. His head is kept and venerated in Pisa.
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The man sleeps on a bed of damp, malodorous straw.
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He is alone in his cell and, despite it being late April, it is cold there. The man shivers in his sleep, then wakes up abruptly and pulls himself up, leaning against the cold wall. He has dreamt again of that day, which now seems so far away, when he understood that embracing Christ meant no longer being afraid, especially of death. It seems like a lifetime ago to him, yet it was only the year before, 67 AD.
He was still convinced that his life would be long and full of honours; he held an important How Paul Signac Turned Saint-Tropez into an Artists’ Paradise JYG