GIA4780209 Saint Saturnin was the founder of Christianity in Toulouse in the middle of the 3rd century. At that time the Christians were persecuted: Saint Saturnin was one of the victims of the Paians. His body attached to the tail of a bull, was drained near the Roman path of Agen, where devout women buried him in a deep pit. At the beginning of the 5th century, the remains of Saint Saturnin were transferred to a church built by the Eveque Sylve: the Basilica of Saint Sernin. Engraving from ???eben der Heiligen - sommerteil??(The book of the saint) by Jacobus (James) of Voragine (1228-1298). Lubeck 1488. by German School, (15th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint Saturnin was the founder of Christianity in Toulouse in the middle of the 3rd century. At that time the Christians were persecuted: Saint Saturnin was one of the victims of the Paians. His body attached to the tail of a bull, was drained near the Roman path of Agen, where devout women buried him in a deep pit. At the beginning of the 5th century, the remains of Saint Saturnin were transferred to a church built by the Eveque Sylve: the Basilica of Saint Sernin. Engraving from ???eben der Heiligen - sommerteil??(The book of the saint) by Jacobus (James) of Voragine (1228-1298). Lubeck 1488.); by Giancarlo Costa; German, out of copyright.