Name
Abraham, abbot at Clermont, ob. 477
Saint ID
S00005
Number in BH
BHL 14
Reported Death Not Before
477
Reported Death Not After
477
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Hermits/recluses, "Confessors"
| ID | Title | E00005 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Abraham (abbot at Clermont, ob. 477, S00005): it tells how Abraham came from the East, founded a monastery at Clermont (central Gaul) at the church of Kyrikos/Cyricus (child martyr of Tarsus, S00007), effected miracles, and on his death had his epitaph written by Sidonius Apollinaris. Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 3, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Abraham | E00006 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Abraham (abbot at Clermont, ob. 477, S00005), tells how Abraham was buried in the monastery he founded outside Clermont (central Gaul), with an epitaph composed by Sidonius Apollinaris; the sick who lie by his tomb are cured. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (3.1), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00009 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Abraham (abbot at Clermont, ob. 477, S00005), recounts how, at the feast of *Cyricus/Kyrikos (child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) in Clermont (central Gaul), Abraham miraculously multiplied the wine needed for those invited. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (3.1), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E05870 | Gregory 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. | E06751 | Sidonius Apollinaris in his Letter 7.17 to Volusianus, of 477, sends a verse epitaph for the tomb in Clermont (central Gaul) of *Abraham (abbot at Clermont, ob. 477, S00005), which is being paid for by Victorius, count of the city; the epitaph gives an account of Abraham's life. Written in Latin in Clermont (central Gaul). | E07742 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (2.21), records the presence in Clermont (central Gaul) of *Abraham (abbot at Clermont, ob. 477, S00005), in the monastery of *Quiricus (Kyrikos, child martyr of Tarsus, S00007), and refers to the book of Abraham's Life that he (Gregory) has written. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. |
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