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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Romanus and Lupicinus, brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, mid 5th c.

Saint ID

S00003

Number in BH

BHL 5073-5074, 7309

Reported Death Not Before

450

Reported Death Not After

480

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Monastic founders
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00003Gregory of Tours writes a joint Life of *Lupicinus and Romanus (brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, mid 5th c., S00003): it tells of their foundation of monasteries in the Jura mountains (eastern Gaul), presenting Lupicinus as strictly ascetic, Romanus as mild and forgiving. Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 1, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Lupicinus and Romanus.
E00004Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Lupicinus and Romanus (brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, later 5th c., S00003), tells of their burial-places: Lupicinus in the church of his monastery, Romanus, at his own request, outside the monastery, so that both women and men could access the tomb; here a large church is subsequently built and many miracles occur; all in the Jura (eastern Gaul). From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (1.6), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594.
E05870Gregory of Tours writes the Life of the Fathers, collecting the lives of twenty Gallic bishops, abbots and recluses; written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview/list of the twenty Lives.
E05900The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers recounts how *Romanus and Lupicinus (brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, mid 5th c., S00003) drove out demons and healed insane and paralysed people who were brought to them at Condat (eastern Gaul); c. 430/444. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.
E05901The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers recounts how a possessed man was healed at the tomb of *Romanus (ascetic and monastic founder of the Jura, ob. 455/460, S00003) in La Balme (eastern Gaul); 455/525. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.
E05902The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers recounts how *Romanus (ascetic and monastic founder of the Jura, ob. 455/460, S00003) healed a paralysed woman in Poncin (eastern Gaul); 430/460. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), about 512/525.
E05903The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers describes how *Romanus (ascetic and monastic founder of the Jura, ob. 455/460, S00003) healed two lepers near Geneva (eastern Gaul), explicitly comparing Romanus' miracle to a similar one by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); 430/460. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.
E05904The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers tells of the church in the monastery in La Balme (eastern Gaul) constructed by Romanus and Lupicinus where *Romanus (brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, mid 5th c., S00003) was buried on his death in 455/460. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.
E05917The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers recounts how people were cured after they lay in the bed of a monk who had been restored to health by *Lupicinus (ascetic of the Jura, ob. c. 475, S00003); c. 455/c. 475 in Condat (eastern Gaul). Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.
E05918The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers describes how a monk from Condat twice tried to abscond from the monastery after the devil inflamed him with pride. The first time he left but returned after he was chastened by the taunting of the possessed outside the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at Tours; the second time his departure was pre-empted by the prayers of *Lupicinus (5th c. ascetic of the Jura, ob. c. 475, S00003); c. 455/c. 475. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.
E05919The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers describes how Agrippinus, Count of Gaul, was released from prison with the help of *Lupicinus (late 5th-century ascetic of the Jura, S00003); in Gaul and Rome in 460/480. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), about 512/520.
E05920The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers tells how *Lupicinus and Romanus (brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, mid 5th c., S00003) were buried respectively at Lauconnus and La Balme, and *Eugendus (ascetic in the Jura mountains, ob. 512/515, S02182) at Condat (all three in eastern Gaul). Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.
E05921The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers recounts how *Lupicinus and Romanus (brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, mid 5th c., S00003) appeared in a vision to *Eugendus (ascetic in the Jura mountains, ob. 512/515, S02182) to show him his future; 450/460 in Izernore (eastern Gaul). Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.
E05922The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers recounts how *Lupicinus and Romanus (brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, mid 5th c., S00003) appeared in a vision to *Eugendus (ascetic in the Jura mountains, ob. 512/515, S02182), and revealed that he would become abbot; late 5th c. in Condat. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.
E05953The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers describes how *Eugendus (ascetic in the Jura mountains, ob. 512/515, S02182), shortly before his death, had a vision of *Lupicinus and Romanus (brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, mid 5th c., S00003); 512/515 in Condat. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 515/525.
E07854The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers describes how miracles of healing and exorcism were common at the monastery of Condat, founded by *Romanus (ascetic and monastic founder of the Jura, ob. 455/460, S00003); 430/460. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), about AD 512/520.
E07855The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers describes the death of *Romanus (ascetic and monastic founder of the Jura, ob. 455/460, S00003), stating that his approaching death was revealed to Romanus by God, and that miracles take place at his tomb. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525.