Name
Gallus, bishop of Clermont, ob. 551
Saint ID
S00034
Number in BH
BHL 3259
Reported Death Not Before
551
Reported Death Not After
551
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Miracle-workers in lifetime, Bishops , Aristocrats
| ID | Title | E00039 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Gallus (bishop of Clermont, ob. 551, S00034): it presents the saint as a man of exceptional patience, who protects Clermont (central Gaul) from fire, earthquake and plague; many miracles occur at his funeral and thereafter. Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 6, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Gallus. | E00043 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Gallus (bishop of Clermont, ob. 551, S00034), tells how Gallus instituted rogations, and how the people of Clermont processed to the church of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035) at Brioude in order to save their city from the plague; all in central Gaul, in 543. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (6.6),written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00048 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Gallus (bishop of Clermont, ob. 551, S00034), recounts how *Gallus (bishop of Clermont, ob. 551, S00034) died in an aura of sanctity and was buried in the church of *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037) in Clermont (central Gaul). During his funeral and at his grave miracles occurred, and grass from turf which had covered his body healed the sick. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (6.7), 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. | E07752 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.5), describes how in 543 Clermont was protected from the plague by the prayers of *Gallus (bishop of Clermont, ob. 551, S00034); he mentions the Rogation processions led Gallus, which went to the church of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035) at Brioude. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. |
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