Name
Illidius, bishop of Clermont, ob. 384/385
Saint ID
S00022
Number in BH
BHL 4264-4266
Reported Death Not Before
350
Reported Death Not After
400
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Miracle-workers in lifetime, Bishops , "Confessors"
| ID | Title | E00022 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Illidius (bishop of Clermont, ob. 384/5, S00022), tells how the body of the saint was first buried in a crypt in Clermont (central Gaul), but, in the 570s or 580s, raised and placed in a sarcophagus in a newly built apse. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (2.1 & 2.4), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00023 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Illidius (bishop of Clermont, ob. 384/5, S00022), explains that miracles from the grave are more reliable as proof of sanctity than miracles in life. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (2.2), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00024 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Illidius (bishop of Clermont, ob. 384/385, S00022): it tells how the saint was chosen as bishop of Clermont (central Gaul), and records his one recorded lifetime miracle and many miracles from the grave. Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 2, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Illidius. | E00027 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Illidius (bishop of Clermont, ob. 384/5, S00022), recounts how he placed relics of the saint in the altar of a newly established oratory in the bishop's residence at Tours (north-west Gaul), dedicated in 573/574, and how later, when the relics needed to be dried out, the woollen string wrapping them was not touched by fire. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (2.3), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E01794 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (1.45), describes miracles effected by *Illidius (bishop of Clermont, ob. 384/5, S00022) during his lifetime, and after death at his tomb at Clermont (central Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02564 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (20), tells how he set up an oratory [in the bishop's residence], and deposited there relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), *Saturninus (bishop and martyr of Toulouse, S00289), *Illidius (bishop of Clermont, ob. 384/385, S00022), and *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035); when the relics were transferred to the oratory, a terrifying flash of light filled the building, testifying to the power of the saints; AD 573/574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02598 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (35), tells of several tombs in and around the church of *Venerandus (bishop of Clermont, ob. 423, S01261) in Clermont (central Gaul): at the tombs of *Alexander (monk with miraculous tomb in Clermont,S01267) and of an unknown person, miraculous things happen; at that of *Liminius (martyr of Clermont, S01193) there is no cult, although an account of his martyrdom survives. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | 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. |
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