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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Tetricus, bishop of Langres, ob. 568/573

Saint ID

S00044

Reported Death Not Before

568

Reported Death Not After

573

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02777Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (105-107), lists in the opening table of contents chapters on *Tetricus (bishop of Langres, ob. 568/573, S00044), *Orientius (bishop of Auch, 5th c., S01319) and *Quiteria (virgin saint, S01320), but there are no such chapters in any of the surviving manuscripts of this work. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E07758Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.5), describes how *Tetricus (bishop of Langres, ob. 568/573, S00044), appeared in a dream-vison to Pappolus, his unworthy successor as bishop of Langres, and struck him, leading to his death; AD 579/581. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/594.
E07780Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.5), describes how during King Guntram's visit to Orléans (north-west Gaul) in July 585, the king told him of a vision, in which Guntram had seen *Tetricus (bishop of Langres, ob. 568/573, S00044), *Nicetius (bishop of Lyon, ob. 573, S00049) and *Agricola (bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône, ob. 580, S02830), deciding whether his brother, the recently dead King Chilperic, should be spared or condemned. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/594.