Name
Portianus, abbot in the Auvergne, ob. after 525
Saint ID
S00032
Reported Death Not Before
525
Reported Death Not After
540
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Slaves
| ID | Title | E00038 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Portianus (abbot in the Auvergne, ob. after 525, S00032): it tells how the saint obtained his freedom, became a monk, then abbot, and miraculously gained favour from the invading King Theuderic; all in the Auvergne (central Gaul). Gregory Life of the Fathers Book 5, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Portianus. | 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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