page_title: Torpes of Pisa
section_title: Veneration
hierarchical_section_title: Torpes of Pisa / Veneration
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Bavades de Saint Tropez 2015
context_page_description: Saint Torpes of Pisa is venerated as an early Christian martyr. The town of Saint-Tropez, France, is named after him. His legend states that he was martyred during the persecutions of Nero.
  Most of the accounts about him are considered unreliable.
  Nothing else is known about his life. He is first mentioned in sources dating from the 9th century.
context_section_description: The earliest church in Pisa dedicated to him dates from the eleventh century.  The civil code of the Republic of Pisa of 1284 established April 29 as the feast day of the saint.  The Pisans credit Torpes with ending a terrible plague that afflicted the city in 1633.
  In Genoa, where the cult of Torpes was imported by Pisan merchants, 
  the church of San Torpete is dedicated to the saint.
  In Saint-Tropez, his bust is honored during the festival of Les Bravades in mid-May and again in mid-June in the festival of Les Bravades des Espagnols, a religious and military celebration commemorating the victory of the Tropezian militia over the Spanish in 1637.
caption: Bust of Saint Tropez during the Bravades of Saint-Tropez.
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