Name
Martin, ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397
Saint ID
S00050
Number in BH
BHL 5610-5666
Reported Death Not Before
397
Reported Death Not After
397
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Ascetics/monks/nuns, "Confessors"
| ID | Title | E00061 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Nicetius (bishop of Lyon, ob. 573, S00049): it presents the saint as a chaste man obedient to his mother, a righteous judge, and an intemperate miracle worker. Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 8, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Nicetius of Lyon. | E00063 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Nicetius (bishop of Lyon, ob. 573, S00049), recounts how, as a boy, Nicetius was healed of a life-threatening sore by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), who appeared to him in a vision; in Geneva (eastern Gaul), c. 520. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (8.1)written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00100 | Sulpicius Severus, in his Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), tells how the saint investigated an altar to martyrs in the countryside of his diocese, found it to be over the grave of a robber, and ordered its destruction. Written in Latin in Primuliacum (south-west Gaul), c. 395/397. | E00158 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Patroclus (hermit of Berry, ob. 576, S00064), recounts how Patroclus founded an oratory with relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at Néris (central Gaul), performed divination on its altar, and founded a female monastery next to it. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (9.2), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00159 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Patroclus (hermit of Berry, ob. 576, S00064), recounts how Patroclus exposed a trick of the devil: pretending to be *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), the devil had appeared to a woman in a time of plague with objects that supposedly could save people; in central Gaul, probably in 571. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (9.2), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00224 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Aemilianus and Brachio (hermit, and monastic founder of the Auvergne and Touraine, ob. 535/550 and 576, S00087), recounts how relics of saints were deposited overnight on the altar of the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; Brachio held vigils in the church and witnessed the apparition of a miraculous ball of fire. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (12.3), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00257 | Sulpicius Severus, in his Dialogues (2.13) on *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), recounts how Martin often conversed with a number of major saints in heaven: *Agnes (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00097), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), and the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008), and also how he knew demons by name. Written in Latin in Primuliacum (south-west Gaul), c. 404-406. | E00290 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Senoch (ascetic and miracle-worker near Tours, ob. 576, S00116): it presents the saint as an ascetic and a miracle worker in the Touraine (north-west Gaul), who heeded Gregory's admonitions. Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 15, written in Latin in Tours, 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Senoch. | E00291 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Senoch (ascetic and miracle-worker near Tours, ob. 576, S00116), recounts how, through the prayers of the saint, a reliquary miraculously fitted into the altar of a renovated oratory in the Touraine (north-west Gaul), where *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) had once prayed. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (15.1), written in Latin in Tours, 573/594. | E00292 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Senoch (ascetic and miracle-worker near Tours, ob. 576, S00116), tells how the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) was marked in Tours as the beginning of a period of abstinence before Christmas. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (15.2), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00335 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Monegundis (female recluse of Chartres and Tours, mid/late 6th c., S00150): she is presented as a wife who withdrew from the world to devote herself to God, a humble servant of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and a miracle worker in life and from her grave. Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 19, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Monegundis. | E00350 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Monegundis (female recluse of Chartres and Tours, mid/late 6th c., S00150), presents the saint as a powerful miracle worker, but subservient to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). From Gregory's Life of the Fathers 19 (preface, 19.2 & 19.3), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00351 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Monegundis (female recluse of Chartres and Tours, mid/late 6th c., S00150), recounts the death of the saint, her burial in her cell, and the posthumous miracles at her tomb, some with the use of oil and salt that she had blessed; the support of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) for her and her community is stressed. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (19.4), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E00355 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Leobardus (recluse of Marmoutier, later 6th c., S00175), recounts how, at the basilica of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours (north-west Gaul), the recluse Leobardus resolved to leave the secular world. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (20.2), written in Latin in Tours, 573/594. | E00367 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry. | E00383 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (10), tells how relics of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and unnamed Apostles (S00084), which he wore on him in a golden cross, miraculously extinguished a fire consuming a poor man's house. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E00466 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (14), recounts the miracles which happened when he deposited relics of *John the Baptist (S00020) in an oratory in the forecourt of the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E00635 | Sulpicius Severus, in his Letter 3, reproaches his mother-in-law, Bassula, sojourning in Trier, for publishing his writings on *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). He also describes Martin's death in an unnamed village (elsewhere identified as Candes) and his funeral in Tours (north-west Gaul). Written in Latin, in Primuliacum or Toulouse (south-west Gaul), in 397. | E00674 | Bishop Nicetius of Trier, in a letter to Chlodosinda, queen of the Lombards (Austrasian Letter 8), describes the posthumous healing power of the Gallic saints *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), *Germanus (bishop of Auxerre, ob. c. 448, S00455), *Lupus (bishop of Troyes, ob. 479, S00418), *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183), *Remigius (bishop of Reims, ob. c. 533, S00456), and *Medard (bishop of Vermand buried at Soissons, ob. c. 560, S00168), and contrasts this with the alleged absence of miracles in Arian churches. Written in Latin, presumably at Trier (eastern Gaul), 561/569. | E00690 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, closes with the church and grave of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on the 'via Vaticana', north-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. A description of the basilica, added in the later 8th c., lists many of the altars of saints within the church. | E00691 | Sulpicius Severus, in his Letter 1, responds to a critic who mocked at his Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and its presentation of Martin as a miracle-worker. Written in Latin, in Primuliacum (south-west Gaul), 395/7. | E00692 | Sulpicius Severus writes the Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in c. 395, before Martin's death, presenting him as an ideal monk, even when a bishop, and as a great miracle-worker and confounder of the devil. Written in Latin at Primuliacum (south-west Gaul). Overview entry. | E00693 | Sulpicius Severus, in his Letter 2, describes a vision he had of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Clarus (disciple of Martin, ob. c. 397, S00479), shortly after the former's death, and expresses his belief that Martin attained martyrdom 'without blood' and will be his patron in heaven. Written in Latin in Primuliacum (south-west Gaul), in 397. | E00760 | Bishop Nicetius of Trier, in a letter to Chlodosinda, queen of the Lombards (Austrasian Letter 8), claims that the Frankish king Clovis venerated *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) before his baptism. Written in Latin, presumably at Trier (eastern Gaul), 561/569. | E00791 | Sulpicius Severus, in his Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), describes how the saint, through intercessionary prayer, raised a catechumen from the dead at his monastery at Ligugé, near Poitiers (western Gaul), in c. 361/372. Written Latin, in Primuliacum (south-west Gaul), c. 396. | E00845 | Sulpicius Severus writes his Dialogues on *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), presenting him as a monk, bishop, and above all miracle-worker, superior to monks of Egypt. Written in Latin in Primuliacum (south-west Gaul), c. 404-406. Overview entry. | E00849 | Sulpicius Severus, in his Dialogues (1.23) on *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. c. 397, S00050), recounts how his own Life of Martin is known throughout the Christian world. Written in Latin in Primuliacum (south-west Gaul), c. 404-406, . | E00852 | The Latin Life of *Maximus (bishop of Riez, ob. 452/462, S00424), by Dynamius of Marseille, describes the life, many miracles, and death of the saint, with an account of his dedication of a church to *Alban (martyr of Verulamium, S01364), and references to churches dedicated to other saints. Written in south-east Gaul, c. 580/590. | E01270 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (3.14), mentions *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) as the most prominent ascetic figures of 'Europe' in the late 4th century. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. | E01350 | The second edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome between the 530s and 546, in its account of *Symmachus (bishop and confessor of Rome, ob. 514, S00793), lists his building works at, and donations to, the churches of various saints in Rome and its region during his episcopate (498-514). | E01959 | The Latin second Life of *Romanus, Priest of Blaye (S01129) presents its protagonist as a monk, presbyter and miracle-worker from Africa, who, prompted by God, travels to Blaye, near Bordeaux, first sailing to Narbonne and then travelling by way of Toulouse, where he has a vision of *Saturninus (bishop and martyr of Toulouse, S00289); at Blaye, in collaboration with *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), he destroys a pagan idol and converts the local population; on his death, he is buried by Martin and miracles occur at his grave; he is particularly protective of sailors. Written probably in the region of Bordeaux (south-west Gaul), possibly in the 6th c.. | E02018 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (1.48), recounts the struggle between the people of Poitiers and Tours for the body of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), after his death in 397 in the village of Candes, ending in its successful transfer to Tours; all in north-west Gaul. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02023 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (2.14), records how Perpetuus, bishop of Tours (c. 458-489), built a large new church over the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, 00050), because of the success of his cult; and used part of the old chapel for a new church of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008). Gregory stresses the importance of 4 July as a threefold feast: the day of Martin's ordination as bishop of Tours, of the dedication of the new church, and of the translation into it of the saint's body; 11 November is the feast of Martin's death. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02024 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (2.15), recounts how the priest Eufronius, later bishop of Autun (c. 452-471), built the church of *Symphorianus (martyr of Autun, S00322) in Autun (central Gaul), and supplied the marble cover for the tomb in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02032 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (2.37), tells how, in 507, Clovis, king of the Franks, marching to confront the Arian Visigoths at Vouillé, out of respect for *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183), protected the property of Tours and Poitiers (both in western Gaul), and received favourable omens from both saints. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02063 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (3.28), tells how Queen *Clotild (queen and widow of Clovis, ob. 545, S01186) prayed successfully at the tomb in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), to prevent civil war amongst her sons; AD 533/542. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02066 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.20), recounts how, in 560, the priest Willichar sought sanctuary in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, how he set the church on fire, and how King Chlothar restored and reroofed it. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02069 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (2.43 and 4.1), records the pious life led by Queen *Clotild (queen and widow of Clovis, S01186) at the basilica of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, after the death of Clovis [in 511]; her death in Tours [in c. 545]; and her burial in Paris in the church of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), which she had built; Gregory mentions that *Genovefa/Geneviève (ascetic of Paris, ob. 502/512, S01156), had earlier been buried there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02072 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.18), tells how Duke Austrapius, sought asylum in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and how a judge who violated this asylum was struck dead; AD 555/560. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02099 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.21), records a pilgrimage in 561 by King Chlothar to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02102 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.48), tells of relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in a monastery 'of Martin' at Latta (probably La Chapelle-sur-Loire); soldiers who sack the monastery are miraculously punished. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02104 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.16), recounts how in 555/560 an official was struck deaf and dumb after claiming that the churches of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168), in Tours and Limoges (both in western Gaul), paid nothing to the fisc; he later failed to find a cure at Martin's shrine in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02119 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.2), records that Merovech, the disobedient son of King Chilperic, in 575 successfully sought sanctuary with Queen Brunhild, his wife, in a wooden church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), built on the walls of Rouen (northern Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02121 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.4), records the story of Guntram Boso seeking sanctuary in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; of Gregory's defence of Guntram Boso's right to this sanctuary; and of how Roccolen, count of Le Mans, who threatened it, suddenly died. Gregory also mentions the healing of a paralytic in Martin's church; all in c. 576. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 576/594. | E02134 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.6), recounts a miracle in 576 of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), of first healing, then punishment: Leunast, archdeacon of Bourges, is partially cured of blindness at Martin's tomb in Tours, at the time of the saint's feast; but, after consulting a Jewish doctor, he becomes blind again. Gregory refers to his books of the Miracles of Martin. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 576/594. | E02136 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.14), tells of how, in 577, Merovech joined Guntram Boso in sanctuary at the church in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); how King Chilperic sought to have him expelled; how both Merovech and Chilperic sought (by different means) answers from Martin about the future, while Guntram Boso consulted a soothsayer; and how, after leaving Tours, Merovech sought sanctuary in the church of *Germanus (bishop of Auxerre, ob. 448, S00455) in Auxerre (central Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/594. | E02138 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.21), recounts a miracle, in 577/578, of water and wine at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in Tours (north-west Gaul). Later in his work (at 8.24) he tells of the fall from grace, in 585, of Winnoc, one of the witnesses to the miracle. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/594. | E02141 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.23), recounts a portent that appeared during mass celebrated on the eve of the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), 11 November 577, in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/594. | E02171 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.37), records the death in 580 of *Martin, (bishop of Braga, S01176) in Galicia (north-west Hispania), and the verses he wrote over the portal of a church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E02176 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.48-49), tells how Leudast, count of Tours in the 570s, repeatedly swore oaths of loyalty to him on the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; and later renewed his oath. He also records how the priest Riculf similarly swore loyalty on the tomb of Martin. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02184 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (6.10), tells of how in 581 thieves robbed the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours (north-west Gaul). Through the power of the saint, they are later discovered and the stolen goods are restored. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/594. | E02254 | The Latin epitaph of *Martin of Braga (bishop of Braga, ob. c. 580, S01176) describes *Martin of Tours (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397; S00050) as his patron; written in Braga (north-west Hispania), after 580. | E02257 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (7.21, 7.22 and 7.29), tells of how, in 584, Eberulf, treasurer of king Chilperic, sought sanctuary in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Men of Orléans and Blois, guarding him, steal some of the saint's animals, but Martin punishes them and recovers the beasts. Eventually Eberulf is tricked and killed by a certain Claudius, who is himself killed by the poor living around the shrine. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/594. | E02266 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (7.42), tells how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in 585 protected from royal exactions one of his religious houses in the region of Bourges (central Gaul), making an offending official collapse, but healing him when he recanted. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/594. | E02267 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (7.43), records that in 585 Chariulf, a supporter of Gundovald the Pretender, sought sanctuary in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours (north-west Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/594. | E02268 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.6), records how, on the defeat of Gundovald in 585, Garachar, Count of Bordeaux, and Bladast sought sanctuary in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours (north-west Gaul), and he himself sought mercy for them in Martin's name during Guntram's visit to Orléans in July 585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/594. | E02280 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.14), recounts how relics he was carrying, of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and other unnamed saints, prevented the boat he was in from sinking; in Koblenz (north-east Gaul), in 585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/594. | E02281 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.15), recounts his visit in 585 to the monastic church, built by the deacon Vulfilaicus near the fortress of Carignan (north-east Gaul), illustrious for its relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and other unnamed saints. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/594. | E02316 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.15), records how *Vulfilaicus (late 6th c. stylite and monastic founder, S01199) kept vigils in youth in the name of *Martin (ascetic and bshop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), became a disciple of Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591), and visited with him the tomb of Martin in Tours, where Aredius gathered dust in a small box (capsula). This dust when placed in the oratory of Aredius' monastery in the Limousin (western Gaul) increases in quantity. Vulfilaicus travels to the region of Trier (north-east Gaul), and on a column imitates the stylite *Symeon (probably the Elder, ob. 459, S00343; possibly the Younger, ob. 592, S00860). He destroys idols and converts the locals to Christianity; is cured of sores with oil brought from Saint Martin’s church in Tours; is ordered off his column by bishops; all in around 565-585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/594. | E02317 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.16), recounts three miracles (one cure, and two punishments of perjurers) effected by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in the church with relics of his, built by *Vulfilaicus (late 6th c. stylite and monastic founder, S01199) near Carignan (north-east Gaul); AD 565/585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/594. | E02318 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.18), tells how in 585 Childeric the Saxon sought sanctuary in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/594. | E02321 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.33), records a great fire in Paris in 585. A woman has a vision, in which the fire starts by the church of *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, S00290), but nobody believes her. Three nights later the conflagration begins. *Germanus (bishop of Paris, ob. 576, S01166) appears to prisoners in gaol, frees them, and saves them from the flames; they flee to the church of Vincent, where Germanus' tomb is situated. An oratory of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), built where the saint during his lifetime had cured a leper, is miraculously spared the flames, along with its builder, his wife, and their property. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/594. | E02322 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.40), tells the story of a perjurer who swore a false oath in the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) in Tours and died shortly afterwards; his wish to be buried in a church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at Candes (Touraine, north-west Gaul) was miraculously confounded; all in 586. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/594. | E02331 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.6), tells of the appearance in Tours in 587 of Desiderius, a false holy man. He pretended to work miracles, attracting many who sought to be cured, and claimed to be greater than *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and equal to the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008). He is accused of necromancy and expelled from the city. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/594. | E02332 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.6), recounts how a false holy man, claiming to have relics from Spain of *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, S00290) and *Felix (martyr of Gerona, S00408), had appeared in Tours in around 580. After behaving with extreme arrogance towards Gregory, he left for Paris, where he attracted a following until imprisoned by Bishop Ragnemod, who destroyed his false relics. Escaping, he entered the Parisian church of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035). Gregory mentions the existence of other such false saints, who attracted followings. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/594. | E02334 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.12), mentions a church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Fresnes-en-Woëvre (near Metz, north-east Gaul), where in 587 two Frankish rebels sought sanctuary. One of these, later seeks sanctuary in an oratory with relics, inside the bishop's house of Verdun (north-east Gaul), and is murdered there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/594. | E02358 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.26), recounts how Queen Ingoberg, widow of Charibert, made a legacy in 589 to the church in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and to the cathedrals of Tours and Le Mans (both north-west Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E02360 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.30), when describing a royal attempt in 589 to raise taxes in Tours, records the long history of Tours' exemption from taxation through respect and fear of Saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E02362 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.33), tells how Berthegund, a troublesome nun of Tours, sought sanctuary in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. AD 397, S00050) in Tours, in 585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E02369 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.42), quotes the letter that *Radegund (former queen, and monastic founder, ob. 587, S00182) wrote in 560/561 in defence of her monastery in Poitiers (western Gaul), setting it under the protection of the Holy Cross, *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); in the same letter Radegund asks to be buried in the church of Mary that she is building within the monastery. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E02384 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.11), recounts how Fredegund (widow of King Chilperic), when her son Chlothar was seriously ill in 590, promised much money to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); the boy recovers. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E02387 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.29), gives an account of the life, miracles and death, in 591, of *Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591, S00302). He builds churches to unnamed saints (S00518), provides them with relics, and founds a monastery in the Limousin (western Gaul). Gregory describes several of his miracles, and refers to his own writings for further miracles of Aredius, effected through the power of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035) and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); he bequeaths his possessions to the churches of Martin in Tours and *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) in Poitiers; three women are cured at his funeral. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02388 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.29), tells how a possessed woman saw saints gathering for the death in 591 of *Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591, S00302) in his monastery in the territory of Limoges (western Gaul): *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035), *Privatus (bishop and martyr of Javols, S01184), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168), *Saturninus (bishop and martyr of Toulouse, S00289) and *Dionysius/Denis (bishop and martyr of Paris, S00349). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02389 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), writes that Bricius, the fourth bishop of Tours, built a small church over the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and was himself buried there when he died in around 443. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02390 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), recounts how Eustochius, the fifth Bishop of Tours (bishop 443-460), built a church in Tours and deposited there relics of *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313). These relics were brought from Italy by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), as Paulinus of Nola (353-431) recounted in one of his letters. Eustochius was buried in the church of Martin built by Bricius, his predecessor. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02391 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), recounts that Perpetuus, the sixth bishop of Tours (bishop 460-490), pulled down the old church over the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours and built a new one, to which he translated Martin's body. He also built the church of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) in Tours and the church of *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037) at Montlouis-sur-Loire (near Tours). He bequeathed a sum of money to the church of Martin in Tours, where he was buried. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02392 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), gives the list of fasts and vigils instituted by Perpetuus, the sixth bishop of Tours (bishop 460-490), in the churches of Tours (most frequently in that of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050)), the majority associated with the commemoration of saints, both local and international. These fasts and vigils were still being held in Gregory of Tours' times. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02401 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), mentions the tomb of *Venantius (priest and abbot of Tours, ob. shortly before 507, S00121) in a monastery, and the burial of *Licinius, the ninth bishop of Tours (bishop 508-520), in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); both in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02402 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), records that several bishops of Tours between 520 and 554 were buried in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours: Theodorus and Proculus, the joint-tenth bishops; Dinifius, the eleventh bishop; Leo, the thirteenth bishop; Baudinus, the sixteenth bishop; Gunthar, the seventeenth bishop. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02403 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), recounts how Ommatius, the twelfth bishop of Tours (bishop 521-525), restored the church of *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313), began to construct the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), and was buried in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397,S00050); all in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02404 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), recounts how Francilio, the fourteenth bishop of Tours (bishop 527-529), and his wife Clara left their possessions to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, where Francilio was buried. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02405 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), records that Iniuriosus, the fifteenth bishop of Tours (bishop 529-546), completed the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) in Tours, and that in his time the church of *Germanus (bishop of Auxerre, ob. 448, S00455) at Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne in the Touraine was constructed. Injuriosus was buried in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02418 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), recounts how Eufronius, the eighteenth bishop of Tours (bishop 555-573), restored the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, which had been burnt after Willichar sought sanctuary there. In Eufronius' time the church of *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, S00290) was built in Tours, and on his death he was buried in Martin's church. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02419 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), recounts how he, the nineteenth bishop of Tours, sought relics of the *Theban Legion (soldiers and martyrs of Agaunum, S00339), which he had been told were in Tours; found the reliquary with their relics and the relics of other (unnamed) martyrs and confessors in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); kept vigils and masses to honour the saints; placed some of these relics in the cathedral of Tours; placed relics of *Cosmas/Kosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in Martin’s cell adjoining the cathedral; decorated the walls of Martin’s church; built the new baptistery there and placed in it relics of *John the Baptist (S00020) and *Sergius (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023); placed relics of *Benignus (martyr of Dijon, S00320) in the old baptistery at Martin's church; and wrote seven books of Miracles and The Life of the Fathers; all in 573-594. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02427 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.31), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) effected miracles during his lifetime and after his death: he raised three men. He translated the body of *Gatianus (first bishop of Tours, S01175) and placed it beside the tomb of *Litorius (bishop of Tours, ob. 370/371, S01214) in the church of Litorius in Tours. He built the church of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008) at the monastery of Marmoutier in the Touraine. Sulpiciius Severus wrote his Life and many miracles happen at his grave. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02454 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (4), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) prayed at the tomb of *Gatianus (first bishop of Tours, S01175) in Tours, and heard the voice of Gatianus asking Martin to bless him. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02455 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (5), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) gained entry to heaven for *Vitalina (pious virgin of Artonne, ob. before 397, S01221), and visited Clermont (central Gaul), where he healed some of the sick but did not enter the city. Vitalina appeared in visions to people and revealed the day of her death; they kept vigils in her honour, and she provided wine and fish for her feast. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02456 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (6), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) heals the sick at his tomb in Tours. Leo, a presbyter of Tours, moved a stone in Martin's basilica, on which the saint had sat (in order to clear a space for his own tomb), and was punished with death. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02457 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (7), tells how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) raised a fallen tree in a village of the Touraine; people have stripped the bark of the tree, dissolved it in water and thereby acquired healing. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02478 | Hydatius in his Chronicle mentions under the year 382 that both *Ambrose (bishop of Milan, ob. 397, S00490) and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050) were famous bishops and worked miracles. Written in Latin, probably in Chaves (north-west Hispania), c. 468-469. | E02479 | Hydatius in his Latin Chronicle mentions under the year 405 the death of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050), and the hagiographical works of Sulpicius Severus about Martin. Written probably in Chaves (north-west Hispania), c. 468-469. | E02536 | Isidore of Seville in his Latin Chronicle written in two redactions in 615/616 and 626 mentions *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397 S00050) and his miraculous powers during the reign of Gratian and Valentinian II (378-383). | E02546 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (8), recounts how Gunthar, bishop of Tours (552-555), tried to ride past an oratory near Tours, in which *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) had often prayed; Gunthar's horse refused to move until the bishop dismounted and prayed there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02547 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (9), tells how Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591) used oil from the tomb in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) to effect miraculous cures in the region of Limoges (western Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02551 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (10), recounts miracles of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, 00050) effected in the region of Limoges (western Gaul), told him by Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591): of a man whose mouth is cured with water that had been in contact with grapes from a vine planted by Martin, and of a deaf and dumb woman cured with wax brought from Martin's tomb. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02553 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (11), tells how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) cured a crippled priest on the road at Tonnerre (north-east Gaul), who was told to construct an oratory on the spot; many paralytics and blind people have been cured there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02555 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (12), tells how a Visigothic soldier who tried to behead the abbot of a monastery of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Spain, was himself struck dead; AD 583/584; King Leovigild, hearing of this, restored all the stolen possessions of the monastery. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02558 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (15), describes how people who spend the night in vigils at the grave in Tours of *Venantius (priest and abbot in Tours, ob. shortly before 507, S00121) receive cures. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | 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. | E02565 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (21), describes the discovery of the tomb of *Sollemnis (holy man buried at Luynes, near Tours, S01250); two possessed men revealed the site and were healed there; further cures happen. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02603 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (37-38), discourses on the holy fire that can sometimes be seen emanating from live saints, and also from their relics; he recounts how fire was seen by *Brachio (monastic founder of the Auvergne and Touraine, ob. 576, S00087) emanating from relics brought by travellers to the church in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02635 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (45), describes how *Romanus (priest of Blaye, ob. late 4th c., S01129) from his grave at Blaye (near Bordeaux, south-west Gaul) protected people travelling on the river Garonne from shipwreck; Gregory himself witnessed the calming of a storm and flood. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02651 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (56), recounts how at the tomb of *Martinus (abbot in the territory of Saintes, S01281) several people were cured; Palladius, bishop of Saintes (western Gaul), moved Martinus' tomb, but only when he (the saint) helped. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02672 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (58), recounts how *Troianus (bishop of Saintes, early 6th c., S01283) conversed with the spirit of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); how, while he still lived, people took threads from his cloak; and how at his tomb in Saintes (western Gaul) the sick are healed. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02685 | Braulio, bishop of Zaragoza, in his Life of *Aemilianus (ascetic of Berceo/Cogolla, ob. 570s, S00578), presents the saint as an ascetic and miracle worker. Written in Latin in Zaragoza (north-east Hispania), 631/646. | E02711 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (79), tells of the discovery and translation of the body of *Ursinus (first bishop of Bourges, S01294), which was buried under a vineyard. Its primary discoverer was Agustus, who had first built an oratory at Brives (close to Bourges, central Gaul) to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), where relics of the saint cured him of severe disability, and had then become abbot of the church of *Symphorianus (martyr of Autun, S00322) just outside Bourges, built by Bishop Probianus. Ursinus appeared to Agustus in a vision and asked him to look for his tomb, but Probianus dismissed the story; Ursinus appeared again, this time also to *Germanus (bishop of Paris, ob. 576, S01166), who was visiting Bourges; the tomb and uncorrupted body were found. Ursinus' sarcophagus was lifted and brought to the church, entering it with the help of the saint, who performs miracles there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02753 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (94), recounts how a paralysed man was cured at the feast of *Albinus (monk and bishop of Angers, ob. c. 550, S01181) in Angers (north-west Gaul), after learning in a vision that *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) would also attend the festival; on the same day a blind woman was healed in the territory of Angers, after invoking the saint. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02764 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (101), recounts the miracles at the tomb of *Iunianus (hermit of Limoges, S01312) in the territory of Limoges (western Gaul); those cured return every year and render 'tribute' (tributa) for their restored health; many of them come to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours (north-west Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02765 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (102), describes the burial of *Pelagia (ascetic of Limoges, ob. c. 586, S01313), the mother of Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591) in a church in the territory of Limoges (western Gaul): her body gave off a sweet fragrance, a miraculous ball of fire appeared over the church, and the possessed declared the presence in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050); subsequently, a candle at the head of her grave is lit miraculously; the sick are cured there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02778 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (108), tells of the holy life of *Paulinus (bishop of Nola, ob. 431, S01321); how he wrote in verse about *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and was visited when dying by Martin and *Genuarius/Ianuarius (bishop, and martyr of Naples, S01322). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02800 | Gregory of Tours writes the Miracles of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). In Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview entry. | E02801 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.1), recounts that Sulpicius Severus wrote the Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and Dialogues about him, in which he presented Martin as equal to the Apostles. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02802 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.2), recounts how 'Paulinus of Nola' (in fact, Paulinus of Périgueux) rendered Sulpicius Severus' Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) into verse in five books, adding a sixth about his posthumous miracles. Gregory summarises these miracles and recounts how, when Paulinus received the list of miracles, the document cured his grandson; he also refers briefly to the four books in verse on the Life of Martin by Venantius Fortunatus. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02803 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.4), recounts how Severinus, bishop of Cologne (north-eastern Gaul), heard a chorus of angels at the hour of the death of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in 397. At the same time, Martin appeared in a vision to Sulpicius Severus. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02804 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.5), tells how *Ambrose (bishop of Milan, ob. 397, S00490) attended in a dream the funeral of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in 397. Gregory also mentions how Martin was welcomed into heaven by *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and *Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02805 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.6), recounts how Perpetuus, bishop of Tours (c. 460-490), built a new church to house the body of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and, with miraculous help from the saint himself, successfully transferred the sarcophagus. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02806 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.7), tells how Theodomund, a mute and deaf man was cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, in 511/545. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02807 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.8), recounts how Chainemunda, a blind woman, whose body was covered with sores, was healed at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02808 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.9), recounts how a storm on a lake was calmed after Baudinus, bishop of Tours (c. 546-552), prayed to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02809 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.10), recounts how two flaming spears miraculously appeared to help a man from Cambrai (north-east Gaul), who was carrying relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), to cross the Loire. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02847 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.11), recounts how Chararic, a king of Galicia (north-west Hispania), converted from Arianism when his servants brought relics (a silk cloth placed on the tomb) of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) to Galicia, in 550/559, most probably in 556. *Martin (bishop of Braga, ob. 580 AD, S01176) arrived in Galicia on the same day as the relics. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02860 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.12), recounts the visit to Tours of Queen Ultrogotho, and how three blind men were cured during a mass celebrated in honour of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at his tomb. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02861 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.13), recounts a story told him by Venantius Fortunatus of how an unnamed man in Italy was cured from a deadly pustule by placing on it a piece of clothing worn by a man when visiting the church in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Fortunatus also told Gregory about his father, cured by applying a piece of cloth from an oratory of Martin in the north Italy. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02862 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.14), recounts a story told him by Venantius Fortunatus of how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) miraculously protected from barbarians a fortress in the region of 'Tertium' in Italy, where there was an oratory dedicated to him. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02863 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.15), recounts how Venantius Fortunatus and a colleague were cured from blindness with oil from a lamp burning beneath a picture of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Ravenna (northern Italy), in c. 560. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02869 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.16), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) appeared in a dream to the abbess of a monastery in Ravenna (northern Italy); he revealed that Placidus, the procurator, lying desperately ill outside an oratory of her monastery, would be cured. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02873 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.17), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) punished a thief who stole three beehives from an oratory at Amiens (north-east Gaul), built on the site where the saint had divided his cloak. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02874 | Paulinus of Nola, in a letter to Sulpicius Severus of c. 399 (Letter 17), rebukes him for neglecting a promised visit to the shrine of *Felix (priest and confessor of Nola, S00000), even though he frequently visits the shrine of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Gaul. Written in Latin at Nola (southern Italy). | E02875 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.18), recounts how a paralysed man was healed at an altar blessed by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Sireuil (western Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02876 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.19), recounts how Bella, a blind woman of Tours, was cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02877 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.20), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), when invoked by a certain Ammonius, saved the latter from death, when drunk, when he was thrown from a cliff by a demon. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02898 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.21), recounts how a man being hanged invoked *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and survived, at or near Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02900 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.22), recounts how Leomeris, a slave from Candes, where Martin died, was healed twice at the basilica of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02901 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.23), recounts how, in 558 in Tours, a certain Wiliachar was freed from chains by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02902 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.24), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) appeared to Alpinus, count of Tours, in a dream and cured his foot; in c. 556/561. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02903 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.25), recounts how Charigisil, referendary and later steward of King Chlothar, was cured of paralysis in the hands and feet at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, in 558/561, and subsequently conferred many benefits on Tours and the servants of Martin's basilica. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02916 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.26), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) expelled the demon from Aquilinus, a possessed man, after his parents, who had first tried superstitious remedies, brought him to the church of Martin in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02917 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.27), recounts how a certain Charivald when paralysed was cured after spending almost a year at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02918 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.28), recounts how a man cut a piece of the rope that rang the bell in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and how this relic prevented illness. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02919 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.29), recounts how in 567 *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) punished King Charibert with death when he unjustly took over an estate that belonged to the church of Martin in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02921 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.30), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) punished a certain Eustochius with his only son's death, after the latter unjustly acquired valuables rightfully belonging to the church of Martin. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02922 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.31), recounts how a custodian of the alms brought to the poor at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) was struck dead when he tried to steal a gold coin by swearing a false oath. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02923 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.32), tells of a journey he made in 563 to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, which he completed despite his illness. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02924 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.33), recounts how, in 563, he and one of his clerics were healed after he kept vigils in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02925 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.34), recounts how wax from candles that he brought from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours healed the sick and protected a vineyard from hail; near Clermont (central Gaul), 563/576. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02926 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.35), recounts how one of his servants had in his home a piece of wood taken from the railing around the bed of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) that was in Martin's monastery. The servant's family became ill, and, warned in a dream, he brought the wood to Gregory, after which the family was cured; in Clermont (central Gaul), 563/564. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02933 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.36), recounts how he was miraculously protected by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) when he met bandits during a journey in Burgundy (central Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02934 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.37), recounts how a woman was cured of dysentery after she drank dust scratched from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02935 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.38), recounts how people suffering from fevers lie in the church all day, and are healed when they drink a potion mixed with dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Paulus, a possessed man, who, wishing to kill himself, threw himself from a height in the same church, but landed unharmed; all in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02936 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.39), recounts how Leomeria, a blind and crippled woman, was carried to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours and cured there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02937 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (1.40), recounts how a slave boy crippled from birth and unable to work, was taken to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, so that he might be kept alive through charity, where he is miraculously cured; probably in c. 569. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E02943 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.1), recounts how, soon after he became bishop (in 573), he was cured from dysentery and a high fever after he drank a potion of water with dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03000 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.2), recounts how Justinus, his sister's husband, was cured after he drank a potion of water and ash from a candle brought from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 573. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03001 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.3), recounts how Maurusa, a blind woman who also suffered from gout was healed at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, first in her limbs and two years later in her eyes; shortly before and after 573. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03002 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.4), recounts how Veranus, a slave crippled by gout, was brought to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, his master, the priest Symon, made a vow and on the sixth day Veranus was cured; AD 573/574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03003 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.5), recounts how Mallulf, a paralysed man from Auxerre (central Gaul), was brought to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and after prayers and fasting was cured; AD 574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03004 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.6), recounts how a paralysed man from Orléans (north-west Gaul) was cured at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. AD 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03005 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.7), recounts how Leuboveus, a lame man from Bourges (central Gaul), was cured at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and how Martin made peace between warring kings of the Franks; AD 574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03006 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.8), recounts how a blind and poor man was cured at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03007 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.9), recounts how Gunthedrud, a blind woman from the territory of Saint-Quentin (north-east Gaul), was healed at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and became a nun; AD 574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03008 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.10), recounts how a couple from the territory of Clermont (central Gaul), she suffering from a flow of blood and he from a fever, were healed at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03040 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.11), recounts how Mummola, a lame woman, was cured after she kept vigils at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03056 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.12), recounts how Ragnemod, then deacon, later bishop of Paris, who suffered from dysentery was healed at the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in Tours in November 574, after he drank a potion with dust from the saint's tomb. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03085 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.13), recounts how Ursulf, from the territory of Tours, blinded when he worked on a holy day, was healed at Easter after he spent two months in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03086 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.14), recounts how Palatina, a paralysed girl, was cured on the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), after spending three months at his church in Tours; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03087 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.15), recounts how Merobaudis, a blind man from Poitiers (western Gaul), was healed at the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050, in Tours in July 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03088 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.16), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) helped a boatman on the Loire at Baugy (central Gaul) to catch a fish, so that he could buy wine with which to celebrate the feast of Epiphany, AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03089 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.17), recounts how Guntram Boso invoked the assistance of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) when in danger while crossing the Loire near Amboise (north-west Gaul), and was saved with all who were with him; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03090 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.18), recounts how Landulf from Vienne (south-east Gaul), terribly possessed, was miraculously cured at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, after having a vision of the Devil in the form of Martin and of the saint himself; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03091 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.19), recounts how Theudomer, a deacon with cataracts, was healed after he spent a night in prayer in the cell at Candes (north-west Gaul) where *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) died; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03092 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.20), how Desiderius, a possessed man, was cured after he spent a night in the cell at Candes (north-west Gaul) where *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) died; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03094 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.21), recounts how a man with a contracted hand was healed after praying at the bed at Candes (north-west Gaul) where *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) died; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03095 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.22), recounts how Remigia, a woman with a contracted hand, and later her fevered maidservant, were both cured at the cell in Candes (north-west Gaul) where *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) died, and where Remigia helped in supporting the poor; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03127 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.23), recounts how Vinast, a blind man, was cured after he prayed in Candes (north-west Gaul) by the bed where *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) died; he was partially cured there, and fully cured after acting on a vision telling him to visit Martin's basilica in Tours; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03128 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.24), recounts how a crippled, blind and deaf boy was healed at two feasts of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, the second in November 575, first of his deafness and blindness, and then in his crippled limbs. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03130 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.25), recounts how, during the night before Christmas, a demon tried to deceive the people of Tours into believing they had been abandoned by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). That same night, during mass in Martin's basilica, Bonulf, a paralysed man, already partially healed at a feast of Martin, was fully cured, thereby demonstrating the presence of the saint; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581. | E03131 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.26), recounts how Piolus, a mute cleric from Candes (near Tours), was healed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, having fallen asleep during vigils; AD 576. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 576/581. | E03132 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.27), recounts how Roccolen, who besieged Tours, was punished by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and died after he tried to cross the Loire River. At the same time an unnamed paralysed woman was cured in the church of Martin in Tours, and the swollen Loire prevented the enemy from crossing it; AD 575-576. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 576/581. | E03133 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.28), recounts how a blind woman and one of the possessed were cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours on Maundy Thursday; AD 576. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 576/581. | E03134 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.29), recounts how two blind men from Bourges (central Gaul) were cured on the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in Tours in July 576, while miracle stories of the saint were being read out from his Life; AD 576. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 576/581. | E03135 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.30), recounts how a mute slave woman was cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and her freedom bought by the church; AD 576. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 576/581. | E03177 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.31), how Apra, a crippled nun, was healed first in her feet after a dream vision, and then in her hands at the vigils for the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in Tours in November 576. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 576/581. | E03178 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.32), recounts how one of his deacons was healed after he anointed himself with oil from a flask placed beside the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. The flask was later smashed, but the small amount of oil recovered multiplied, and has shown its power up to the present; AD 576/581. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 576/581. | E03179 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.33), recounts how Allomer, a crippled man, came from Angers (north-west Gaul) to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, was cured there, and became a cleric; AD 577. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03180 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.34), recounts how during the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in Tours in July 577, a blind cleric was healed and three possessed men were freed of their demons. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03181 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.35), recounts how four prisoners were miraculously freed after they prayed to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) soon after his feast in July 577, along with their amazed guards, they took refuge in the church of Martin in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03213 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.36), recounts how Leodovald, bishop of Avranches (north-west Gaul), requested relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) from Tours. The relics on their journey to Avranches heal a paralysed man, and after their deposition, a blind man and a mute woman are cured; AD 576/577. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03214 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.37), recounts how a possessed man was healed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 577. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03215 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.38), recounts how a mute girl was healed at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 577. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03217 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.39), recounts how Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591, S00302), visited the places associated with the life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), taking home with him a flask with water from Martin's well at Marmoutier, which cured many people, including Renosind, Aredius' brother, when on the point of death; AD 548/577. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03218 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.40), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) appeared in a dream vision to Sisulf, a poor man from Le Mans (north-west Gaul), who had suffered a sudden disability in his hands, and promised him that he would be cured after he travelled to the church of Martin in Tours, preaching repentance along the way; AD 577. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03237 | The Latin Life of *Gaudentius (bishop of Novara, ob. 417, S01531) narrates Gaudentius’ association with *Laurentius (priest and martyr of Novara, S02438), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050), *Eusebius (bishop of Vercelli, S01219) and *Ambrose (bishop of Milan, S00490); his miracles, appointment as bishop of Novara (northern Italy) and incomplete building of a basilica; after his death, the miracles performed by his uncorrupt body on display in the church of the mother of God (*Mary, mother of Christ, S00033), then in a tomb in the finished basilica. Written presumably in Novara, at an uncertain date, perhaps in the late 7th or early 8th c., and by the 9th c. at the latest. | E03294 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.41), recounts how an unnamed blind man from Tours came to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and was cured there after praying; AD 577. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03295 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.42), recounts how a paralysed man was cured at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours during the vigil before Martin's feast in November 577. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03296 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.43), recounts how a starved boy with fever was revived after the cloth over the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours touched the boy's clothes; AD 577/578. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581. | E03297 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.44), recounts how a blind man from Poitiers (western Gaul) was healed at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours during the saint's feast in July 578. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 578/581. | E03298 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.45), recounts how two blind boys from the territory of Poitiers (western Gaul) were healed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; one of them, who was also unable to walk, came to Martin's cell at Candes (near Tours) and was cured there during vigils; AD 577/578. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 578/581. | E03299 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.46), recounts how Leodulf, a lame boy, was punished because he did not want to attend the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours in November 578; he was taken to Martin's church and fully healed there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 578/581. | E03301 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.47), recounts how a crippled man was brought to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours during Martin's feast in July 579, and was healed there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/581. | E03302 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.48), recounts how Floridus, a man from the territory of Angers (north-west Gaul) who was unable to use his hands or feet, was brought to the cell of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at Candes (near Tours). After prayers and vigils he was healed there; AD 579. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/581. | E03303 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.49), recounts how a man with a crippled arm came to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours on the day of Martin's feast in November 579, and, as a reading from Martin's Life was begun, was cured. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/581. | E03304 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.50), recounts how a blind man was healed during the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) celebrated in Tours in November 579. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/581. | E03306 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.51), recounts how people afflicted by an epidemic of dysentery in Tours were cured after they drank dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), or were smeared with oil from the shrine, or used the water with which Martin's tomb was washed at Easter; AD 579/580. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/581. | E03307 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.52), recounts how an illl man was cured after he drank dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) mixed with wine; AD 579/580. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/581. | E03308 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.53), recounts how a delirious man from Bayeux (northern Gaul) was twice cured at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, but each time relapsed; AD 573/580. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/581. | E03309 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.54), recounts how Paula, a blind woman from Lisieux (northern Gaul), came to the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in Tours in July 580, and was healed after she rubbed her eyes the cloth that covered Martin's tomb. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/581. | E03311 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.55), recounts how a boy from Sens (northern Gaul) with a withered hand was cured at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours four days after Martin's feast in July 580. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/581. | E03477 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.56), recounts how a woman from Poitiers (western Gaul), whose fingers were bent into her palm, came to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours on the day of his feast in November 580. While returning home, she has a dream vision of a man with white hair [Martin] who straightens her fingers; AD 580. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/581. | E03478 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.57), recounts how a woman slave was overcome by blisters and boils while working the fields rather than attending mass for the feast of *John the Baptist (S00020); she comes to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and after four months is cured there and bought out of slavery; AD 580. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/581. | E03479 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.58), recounts how a sick blind tailor from Paris was healed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; he was then imprisoned by Leudast, count of Tours, but released when he again sickened; returning to Martin's church, he was again cured; AD 576/579. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/581. | E03481 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.59), recounts how a slave woman who had earned her freedom was sold to barbarians. Through Martin's power her limbs were miraculously crippled, so that she was abandoned by her masters; she came to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and was soon cured there; AD 580/581. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/581. | E03482 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.60), recounts, as the final miracle of Book 2, how he himself was cured of repeated headaches at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, after he touched his head with the curtain that hung in front of the saint's tomb, and with the cloth that covered it; AD 580/581. Gregory closes the book, and thus his account of the first hundred miracles of Martin, with an invocation of Martin, asking for his help in this world and the next. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581. | E03483 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.1), a miracle he himself experienced: a fish bone got caught in his throat; he went to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, touched his neck with the curtain that hung there, and was cured; AD 581. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/588. | E03485 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.2), recounts how a twelve-year-old girl who was disabled, blind and deaf was cured at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. AD 397, S00050) in Tours during his festival; AD 581. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/588. | E03487 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.3), recounts how a man, who ground grain on a Sunday, had his hand stuck to the lever of the mill; he went to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, where his hand was released. Another year he did the same, and, after two years, was again released during Martin's festival; AD 581. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/588. | E03488 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.4), recounts how a man from Limoges (western Gaul) who was blind and did not have the use of his limbs was cured at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. AD 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 581. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/588. | E03489 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.5), recounts how a bind man had his sight restored at the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 581. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/588. | E03490 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.6), recounts how a disabled boy from Tours was brought by his parents to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours and was cured there after three days; AD 581/582. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/588. | E03491 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.7), recounts how Senator, a man from Craon (north-west Gaul), could not open his hands, after making a key on a Sunday; he was cured after seeking the help of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); AD 581/582. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/588. | E03492 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.8), learns from Florentius, an envoy from Spain passing through Tours in 582, how his grandfather had built a basilica to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and consecrated it with relics of the saint obtained from Tours; and how the grandfather's child had been brought back from the dead after the saint was invoked. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 582/588. | E03493 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.9), recounts how a cleric from Poitiers (western Gaul) who was lame in one foot visited the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. AD 397, S00050) in Tours, and was cured there three days before the saint's feast in November 582. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 582/588. | E03494 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.10), recounts how his mother visited him in Tours and was cured of a recurrent pain in one leg after prayers to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); AD 573. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 582/588. | E03513 | The will of the deacon Adalgyselus-Grimo of Verdun, of 634, leaves property to several churches and monasteries in the area around Verdun and Trier (both eastern Gaul). Includes references to churches or monasteries dedicated to *Agatha (virgin and martyr of Catania, S00794), *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Vitonus (bishop of Verdun, ob. c. 529, S01458), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, 00050), *Maximinus (bishop of Trier, ob. c. 347, S00465), and *George (soldier and martyr, S00259). Written in Latin in Verdun. | E03517 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.11), recounts how a woman from the territory of Angers (north-west Gaul), with bent fingers, prayed and was healed by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in his church in Tours; AD 582. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 582/588. | E03518 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.12), recounts how his servant, who suffered from fever and vomiting, was restored after he drank a potion of wine with dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); in Tours, AD 582. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 582/588. | E03520 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.13), recounts how Theoda, a lame woman, was healed after she prayed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 582. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 582/588. | E03522 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.14), recounts how a man, living on an estate of the poor-register (matricola) of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), who could only walk on crutches, came to the feast of the saint in Tours, in November 582, and was healed three days after it. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 582/588. | E03523 | The anonymous Gallic Chronicle of 452 contains a number of entries on *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), including a reference to the books about him by Sulpicius Severus. Written in Latin in Gaul, mid-5th c. | E03524 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.15), recounts how Gundulf, a citizen of Tours, was crippled in both feet and cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; his cure was completed after he gave all his possessions to the church and became a priest; AD 582. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 582/588. | E03525 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.16), recounts how a blind boy from Limoges (western Gaul) came to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, joined the celebration of the vigil before Christmas and was healed; AD 582. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 582/588. | E03529 | Prosper of Aquitaine, in his Chronicle, refers to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and his fame. Written in Latin in Gaul or Rome, in the mid 5th c. | E03530 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.17), recounts how a certain Siggo was cured of a blocked ear by relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) that Gregory was carrying during a visit to Reims (north-east Gaul); AD 583. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03531 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.18), recounts how one of his servants took some oil from the lamps in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, mixed it with water and used it to protect and cure cattle of a plague that was killing them; AD 583. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03532 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.19), recounts how a blind man from Avranches (north-west Gaul) was healed at the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03533 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.20), recounts how a blind man was healed at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03539 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.21), recounts how Iulianus, a man from Spain with disabled hands and feet, was healed by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in his church in Tours; AD 583. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03540 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.22), recounts how a blind woman from Tours received her sight at the bed on which *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) had died, at Candes (north-west Gaul); AD 583. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03541 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.23), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) appeared to a mute man from Angers (north-west Gaul) who had come to Candes (north-west Gaul) and was healed there; AD 583. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03542 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.24), recounts how Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591), came to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) for his feast in November 583. Aredius took some oil from the tomb and on his journey home he poured out some of it for a woman, and the oil miraculously increased. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03543 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.25), recounts how a woman with bent fingers was healed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03544 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.26), recounts how a girl with disabled limbs was cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03545 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.27), recounts how Floridus, a boy from Angers (north-west Gaul) without the use of his hands or feet, was cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03546 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.28), recounts how a blind cleric was healed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03547 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.29), recounts how a slave from Tours, whose hand was contracted when he repaired a fence on a Sunday, was cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03548 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.30), recounts how a boy from Albi (south-west Gaul), sick in the stomach, was cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03984 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.31), recounts how a woman from Angers (north-west Gaul) with a withered right hand was healed at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; she said she had been punished because she wished to prepare bread on a Saturday night; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03985 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.32), describes how a woman with hands bent inward was healed after she came and prayed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03986 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.33), describes how the owners of sick horses came to the oratory of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Marsas, in the territory of Bordeaux (south-west Gaul), and after a vow their horses were healed; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03987 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.34), recounts how many people of Tours were cured of a disease of boils in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, among them the wife of Count Eborinus, after some of the water used to wash the tomb of Martin at Easter was drunk by her and sprinkled on her body; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03988 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.35), recounts how two paralytics and a blind man were cured during the consecration, with relics of the saint, of a church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in the diocese of Le Mans (north-west Gaul); AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03989 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.36), recounts how Agustus, a man from Tours who suffered from pain in the kidneys and twisted legs, was cured in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03990 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.37), tells of a girl who became mute after being attacked by a demon; she was cured after visiting the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03996 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.38), tells of a deacon from Châlons-en-Champagne (north-east Gaul) who lost his sight when he drank with a friend instead of attending matins, and then was cured at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 583/584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 583/588. | E03997 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.39), recounts how a woman who was blind and disabled, with twisted hands and feet, was healed after she came to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours to celebrate his feast in July 584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/588. | E03998 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.40), recounts how a paralysed man was carried from Bourges (central Gaul) and then healed by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/588. | E04020 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (3.14-16), refers to several monastic holy men who were active in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and the West in the mid-fourth century. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. | E04041 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.41), recounts how a girl, bound with chains and shackles and unable to participate at the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in November 584, first escaped captivity, and then was freed completely when she reached the church of Martin in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/588. | E04042 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.42), tells how a book with the Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) survived a fire at a monastic cell in the territory of Tours; AD 584/585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/588. | E04043 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.43), recounts how, when he was travelling, two of his servants were healed after he gave them, mixed with water, dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); AD 584/585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/588. | E04044 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.44), recounts how Mallulf, a citizen of the territory of Tours with crippled hands and feet, was healed after he was brought to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 584/585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/588. | E04046 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.45), explains why he is not always able to record the names of those who have received miracles, although he always seeks as much information as possible about such events; he then tells how a man from Bourges (central Gaul), whose hands were disabled when he sought to mend a fence on a Sunday, came to the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours in July 585, and was healed. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/588. | E04047 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.46), recounts how a woman from the territory of Poitiers (western Gaul), whose arm was crippled, came to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours and was healed twice, on the second occasion having her freedom bought by the shrine; AD 585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/588. | E04048 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.47), recounts how a man in Soissons (north-east Gaul) was imprisoned for debt but freed after he prayed to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) as relics of the saint were passing by the prison; AD 585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/588. | E04049 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.48), recounts how a blind woman came to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, during his feast in November 585, and her sight was restored. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/588. | E04050 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.49), recounts how a disabled boy was healed at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, during his feast in November 585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 585/588. | E04051 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.50), recounts how Lupus, a priest of Bordeaux with a quartan fever, came to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at Bordeaux (western Gaul), at the saint's feast in July 586, and took home two candles from the shrine. He lit the candles, drank the ashes of the papyrus wicks mixed with water, and was cured. While hurrying to the church, he had met a Jew who questioned the power of Martin and was then afflicted with the quartan fever. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/588. | E04061 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.51), records a miracle told him by Chardegysil, a citizen of Saintes (western Gaul), whose mother had built an oratory containing relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and whose sick infant son was cured after he was left for a night in front of its altar; AD 586/587. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/588. | E04062 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.52), tells how one of his clerics was cured of diarrhoea and vomiting by drinking a potion with dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 586/587. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/588. | E04063 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.53), recounts how two men were saved from hanging by the power of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); AD 586/587. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/588. | E04064 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.54), recounts how a mute man from Montlouis, a village near Tours, was healed after he stayed and prayed for six months at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in his church in Tours; AD 586/587. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/588. | E04065 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.55), writes how a woman, whose hands were crippled when she worked on a Sunday, was healed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours after she vowed to respect Sundays; AD 586/587. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/588. | E04067 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.56), recounts how a woman had her hands crippled when she baked bread on a Saturday night, came to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and was healed. Promising to serve a week each month in the church, she missed a week and was punished with blindness; penitent, she was again cured at Martin's shrine; AD 586/587. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/588. | E04068 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.57), writes how a blind man was cured at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, three days before his feast in 586/587. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/588. | E04069 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.58), tells of a paralysed man who was healed at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours three days after his feast in 586/587; the same day two blind men received their sight and two possessed men were exorcised. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/588. | E04070 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.59), recounts how one of his servants was cured of a fever, and expelled two worms from his gut, after he was brought to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours and drank some dust from the tomb mixed with water; AD 587/588. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E04071 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (3.60), recounts how several people, including himself, were cured with dust from the tomb in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) while Gregory was visiting his mother, probably in Chalon-sur-Saône (eastern Gaul), and then returning to Tours; AD 587/588. Gregory extolls the marvels of this dust. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E04086 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.1), recounts how he was cured of a stomach ache at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 587/588. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/594. | E04087 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.2), recounts how his tongue and lips were cured after he licked the wood of the railing and then touched the curtains hanging at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 587/588. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/594. | E04088 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.3), recounts how he advised the father of a young boy who suffered from a fever to bring his child to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, where the boy was healed; AD 587/588. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/594. | E04089 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.4), tells how several people were healed at the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours in July 588: a man with crippled fingers, a blind woman and three of the possessed. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 588/594. | E04090 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.5), recounts how a swineherd was cured of blindness after he came for the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours in November 588. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 588/594. | E04091 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.6), recounts that during the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours in July 589, twelve paralytics and three blind people were healed and five of the possessed were exorcised. Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591) attended the festival, and Martin cured a crippled woman through his hands. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 588/594. | E04092 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.7), tells how the jester of King Miro (of the Sueves) was miraculously punished after disobediently picking grapes growing outside a church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Galicia (north-west Hispania); at the prayers of the king, the punishment was removed. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E04093 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.8), recounts that Palladius, bishop of Saintes (western Gaul), built a church in Saintes to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), which he consecrated with relics of the saint; shortly afterwards, Palladius wrote to Gregory recounting a number of healings in this church. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E04094 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.9), recounts how two of his servants were cured of dysentery after they drank dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 589. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E04095 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.10), tells of bowls that were the possessions of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), one now with Gregory in Tours, the other at Candes (both north-west Gaul); water drunk from these could cure the fevered, among them one of Gregory's scribes; AD 589. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E04109 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.11), tells of a man from the territory of Chartres (northern Gaul), who, despairing of having children, made the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours his heir; after doing this, his wife had several children. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E04110 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.12), recounts how a blind woman of Ternay in the territory of Le Mans (north-west Gaul) prayed to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in an oratory where relics of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008) were placed, and was healed there by Martin; AD 589. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E04111 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.13), recounts how a man with paralysed hand attended the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), held in Tours in November 589, and was cured. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E04112 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.14), tells how a poor man from the territory of Angers (north-west Gaul), who was disabled, came to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours and was healed; AD 589/590. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E04113 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.15), recounts how a beekeeper from Auch (south-west Gaul), prayed successfully for the help of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) to recapture a swarm of bees, and promised the wax it would produce to Martin's church in Tours. When the wax was collected, a servant was miraculously cured of pain in the kidneys; both the wax and the servant were presented to Martin's church; AD 589/590. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E04114 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.16), recounts how an imprisoned man from Tours requested the assistance of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and was miraculously freed at Easter 590. At the same time prisoners in Poitiers (western Gaul) were similarly released. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04115 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.17), recounts how a blind young slave from the territory of Angers (north-west Gaul), was healed after a man appeared to his grandmother and told her to go to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 590. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04116 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.18), describes how a blind girl from the territory of Angers (north-west Gaul) was healed at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 590. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04117 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.19), recounts how a man with disabled limbs, who had been blinded by a fever, came twice to the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), held in Tours in 589 and 590, and was healed there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04118 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.20), writes how a blind slave from Nantes (north-west Gaul), advised in a dream vision, came to the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), held in Tours in July 590, and was healed. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04204 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.21), recounts how a citizen of Tours, placed some wine and bread overnight by the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours to take with him on a journey; at an inn, a woman with an unclean spirit and a woman with a fever were healed by this wine and bread; AD 590. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04205 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.22), describes how an inhabitant of Bayeux (north-west Gaul), who had been crippled and blind for fifteen years, was cured after he came to the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) held in Tours in November 590. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04206 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.23), recounts how a disabled and blind woman from the territory of Angers, and a disabled man from Brulon (both north-west Gaul), were healed during the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) held in Tours in November 590. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04207 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.24), recounts how five of the blind were cured, and many of the possessed exorcised, during the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) held in Tours in November 590. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04208 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.25), recounts how a slave girl was healed after she drank a potion with dust taken from outside the church, but as near as possible to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 590/591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04209 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.26), describes how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) freed prisoners in Reims (north-east Gaul) shortly before his feast in July 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04210 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.27), recounts how a disabled servant of the bishop of Nantes (north-west Gaul), was healed during the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) held in Tours in July 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04211 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.28), recounts how a royal clerk suffering from a fever, was healed after he drank dust that Gregory had brought with him from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04456 | Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (2.8 and 2.37), describes the foundation of the monastery of Monte Cassino (central Italy) by *Benedict (of Nursia, monastic founder, ob. 547, S01727), with its two chapels: one dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in a former temple of Apollo; the other to *John (the Baptist, S00020), on the site of its altar, where Benedict was eventually buried. Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593. | E04465 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.29), recounts how a merchant from Trier told Agnes, abbess of Poitiers, about his miraculous journey from Metz to Trier (both north-east Gaul) along the Moselle River with the help of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); AD 570/589. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04466 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.30), recounts how he visited the monastery at Ligugé (near Poitiers, western Gaul), where *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) had revived a man. He is told that the blind and the disabled are often cured there, and is told of two paralytics who recovered after kissing the curtain around the site of Martin's miracle; AD 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04487 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.31), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) made a spring flow at Nieul-lès-Saintes, near Saintes (western Gaul); AD 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04488 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.32), describes how the bishop's residence in Poitiers (western Gaul) was protected from fire by dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at Tours, which was kept by the bishop of Poitiers in a holy container; AD 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04489 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.33), recounts how a servant of Plato, bishop of Poitiers (western Gaul), was healed of a fever after he drank dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04497 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.34), describes how a man who had lost his senses and was disabled, was cured after he came to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04566 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.35), recounts how a falsely accused man was miraculously freed, temporarily when in front of the church of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), and permanently when he saw the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), both in Tours; AD 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04573 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.36), describes how a woman struck dumb, whom soothsayers (arioli) were unable to help, was cured when Eustenia, Gregory's niece, poured some oil from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) into her mouth; AD 591. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E04574 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.37), recounts how a servant and a maidservant of the royal court were healed after they drank dust from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and how the former saw a man with snow-white hair [Martin] in a dream vision; AD 592. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 592/594. | E04575 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.38), tells how four of the blind and two paralytics were healed, and two of the possessed exorcised, during the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in July 592. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 592/594. | E04599 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.39), recounts how some prisoners were freed by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) shortly after his feast in July 592. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 592/594. | E04600 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.40), tells of a mute man from Cantabria (northern Spain), who first sent a coin to the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours and was rewarded for his generosity; he then set off to visit in person, and was rendered able to speak during the journey; AD 592. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 592/594. | E04601 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.41), describes how a man from Ponthion (north-east Gaul) with a bad knee, prayed in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours during his feast in November 592. He was healed and then some prisoners were freed from their chains. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 592/594. | E04633 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.42), recounts how a boy from Tours disabled in his hands and feet was healed after he visited the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 592/593. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 592/594. | E04634 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.43), tells how two servants were healed of fevers by drinking dust and wearing threads of cloth from the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 592/593. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 592/594. | E04635 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.44), recounts how Principius, a man from Périgueux (western Gaul) struck with madness, fasted and was healed at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours; AD 592/593. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 592/594. | E04636 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.45), describes how a man from Bourges (central Gaul), became blind when working on a Sunday but was eventually healed at the festival of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours in July 593. Another man with disabled limbs was also healed at the same festival. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 593/594. | E04637 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.46), tells of a man from Brittany (north-west Gaul) who was blind, deaf, mute, and without the use of his hands; he recovered the use of his hands and eyes in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, and consequently received many gifts; AD 593. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 593/594. | E04638 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.47), recounts how prayers to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) prevented fire from spreading in Bordeaux (south-west Gaul); and how one of his servants was healed of dysentery after swallowing dust from Martin's tomb in Tours; AD 593/594. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 593/594. | E04767 | Paulinus of Nola, in many of his fourteen poems (the Natalicia) written in honour of *Felix (priest and confessor of Nola, S00000), identifies Felix as the special protector (patronus) of Nola (southern Italy); the similar role of other saints, in other regions, is detailed in Natalicium 11. Written in Latin, in Spain and later Nola, between 395 and 408. | E04870 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 3 July. | E04871 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 4 July. | E05015 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 10 November. | E05016 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 11 November. | E05069 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 30 December. | E05093 | Paulinus of Nola, in a letter to Sulpicius Severus of c. 397 (Letter 11), praises him for the Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), which Severus, its author, had recently sent him. Written in Latin at Nola (southern Italy). | E05095 | Paulinus of Nola, in two letters to Sulpicius Severus, of c. 400 and of 401/2 (Letters 23 and 27), describes how both a courier and Severus himself resemble in their behaviour *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Clarus (disciple of Martin, ob. c. 397, S00479). Paulinus also states that he and the courier wash the hands and feet of others in imitation of Martin. Written in Latin at Nola (southern Italy). | E05102 | Paulinus of Nola, in a letter to Sulpicius Severus of c. 400 (Letter 29), describes the visit of *Melania the Elder (aristocrat of Rome, monastic founder in Jerusalem, ob. AD 410, S01185) to the shrine of *Felix (priest and confessor of Nola, S00000) at Nola/Cimitile (southern Italy). Her sanctity is referred to using hagiographic tropes and her clothes are believed to impart spiritual benefit. Written in Latin at Nola. | E05103 | Paulinus of Nola, in a letter to Sulpicius Severus, of c. 400 (Letter 29), describes how he reads aloud the Life of Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) to prominent guests at his monastery. Written in Latin at Nola (southern Italy). | E05104 | Paulinus of Nola, in a long letter to Sulpicius Severus of 403/404 (Letter 32), discusses building-work carried out by Severus at Primuliacum (southern Gaul) and sends proposals for poetic inscriptions at the site; Paulinus also describes his own building-work at Nola/Cimitile and Funda/Fondi (both southern Italy), quoting in full the poems he has written for these churches. Several of these poetic inscriptions refer to the saints venerated at Primuliacum, Nola and Fondi. Written in Latin at Nola. | E05231 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Julian (30), describes how the possessed complained at the presence of many saints attending the feast of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035) in Brioude (central Gaul): *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), *Privatus (bishop and martyr of Javols, S01184), *Ferreolus (soldier and martyr of Vienne, S01893), *Symphorianus (martyr of Autun, S00322) and *Saturninus (bishop and martyr of Toulouse, S00289). Written in Latin in Clermont and Tours (central and north-west Gaul), 573/587. | E05237 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Julian (34 & 35), recounts how, while attending the saint's festival, he took some threads from the cloth covering the tomb of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035) in Brioude (central Gaul); how he was asked to dedicate a church of Julian at Tours with these relics, and did so, while a possessed man proclaimed the presence of Julian and was subsequently cured; in 573-574. Written in Latin in Clermont and Tours (central and north-west Gaul), 573/587. | E05267 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Julian (47), describes how a blind woman was cured in a church with relics of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035), built on a rural estate near Saintes (western Gaul), after receiving a dream vision in Tours (north-west Gaul) of Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Clermont and Tours (central and north-west Gaul), 573/587. | E05270 | Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Julian (50), recounts how he dedicated the church at Pernay in the Touraine (north-west Gaul) with relics of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035), and *Nicetius (bishop of Lyon, ob. 573, S00049), and how a blind man was cured there; Gregory closes the chapter, and his book, with the hope that Julian, his patron, will advocate for him at the Last Judgement and help him lead a good Christian life. Written in Latin in Clermont and Tours (central and north-west Gaul), 573/587. | E05416 | Venantius Fortunatus, in his Miracles of Hilary (6), recounts how a blind man was cured when he entered the church of *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) in Poitiers, during a journey to Tours (north-west Gaul) in search of a cure at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Poitiers (western Gaul), 567/569. | E05555 | Venantius Fortunatus writes eleven books of Poems in Latin, mainly in western and north-western Gaul, 565/600; many of them with reference to saints. Overview entry. | E05556 | Venantius Fortunatus in the Preface to his Poems, tells how he decided to publish these after persuasion by Gregory of Tours, who invoked the miracles of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin, probably in Poitiers (western Gaul), about 576. | E05563 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (1.2) on the church of *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288) built by Bishop 'Vitalis' of Ravenna, lists the relics housed there. Written in Latin in Ravenna (northern Italy), 545/565. | E05565 | Venantius Fortunatus writes a poem (1.4) On the basilica of saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), built by a sacerdos Faustus, possibly Faustus, bishop of Auch (south-west Gaul). Written in Latin, probably in Gaul, 545/576. | E05566 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (1.5) written for Gregory of Tours, describes three miracles of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); the verses may well have been intended to be written on the walls of Martin's cell in Tours. Written in Latin, in Gaul, 573/576. | E05584 | Venantius Fortunatus writes a poem (1.6) On the basilica of saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Bordeaux (south-west Gaul), built by Leontius, bishop of Bordeaux, and decorated by Placidina, his wife, in 542/564. Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/576. | E05585 | Venantius Fortunatus writes a poem (1.7) on a church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), restored and enlarged by a couple (Baudegund and Basilius), possibly near Poitiers (western Gaul). Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/576. | E05639 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (2.13) on an oratory built by a certain 'Trasaricus', mentions its relics of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Remigius (bishop of Reims, ob. c. 533, S00456); perhaps in Toul (eastern Gaul), in the mid-6th c. Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/576. | E05642 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a prose letter to Eufronius, bishop of Tours, included in Fortunatus' collection of poems (at 3.2), asks Eufronius to pray for him at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours (north-west Gaul), in 565/573. Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/573. | E05682 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (3.3) to Eufronius, bishop of Tours (north-west Gaul), advises him to take as a model his predecessor *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/573. | E05683 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (3.7) about the cathedral of Nantes (north-west Gaul), newly built by bishop Felix, and dedicated to the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008), makes a possible reference to relics of the two apostles, and tells how two parts of the building were dedicated respectively to *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) and *Ferreolus (soldier and martyr of Vienne, S01893). Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/576. | E05751 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (5.11) to Gregory (bishop of Tours 573-594), describing a journey, names *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) as his personal patron. Written in Latin in Gaul, 573/576. | E05752 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (5.14) to Gregory (bishop of Tours 573-594), on behalf of a girl accused of theft and sold into slavery, recounts how he met her parents praying at a tree miraculously raised up by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); in the territory of Tours, in 573/576. Written in Latin in Gaul, 573/576. | E05753 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (8.11) to Gregory (bishop of Tours 573-594), tells how he, Fortunatus, was summoned by Gregory to the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours (north-west Gaul), but was too ill to attend. Written in Latin in Gaul, 576/c. 591. | E05754 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (8.12) to Gregory (bishop of Tours 573-594), asks him to invoke the help of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) to resolve the dispute in the monastery of the Holy Cross at Poitiers (western Gaul), in 589. Written in Latin in Gaul, in 589. | E05757 | Venantius Fortunatus writes a poem (10.6) on the cathedral of Tours (north-west Gaul), rebuilt by Gregory (bishop of Tours 573-594) and dedicated in 590, where there are paintings of the miracles performed by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Gaul, 590. | E05758 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (10.7) on the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), dedicated to King Childebert II and his mother Queen Brunhild, names Martin as their patron and outlines the protection and benefits that the saint can offer. Written in Latin in Gaul, probably in 587/588. | E05759 | Venantius Fortunatus writes a poem (10.10) on the oratory dedicated to *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), built by Gregory (bishop of Tours, 573-594) in Artannes (north-west Gaul), and lists the relics housed there. Written in Latin in Gaul, 576/594. | E05760 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (10.11) about a banquet held at Easter, writes that it was held in a 'hall' and 'villa' of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); somewhere in the Touraine (north-west Gaul), probably in 589. Written in Latin in Gaul, c. 589. | E05761 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (10.17) to Count Sigoald, describes how the count's actions in feeding the poor at the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours on behalf of King Childebert, gained the saint's favour for the king. Written in Latin in Gaul, 576/595. | E05790 | Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, written in Latin, refers to the foundation and decoration of several churches and monasteria dedicated to *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), and *Paul (the Apostle, S00009) in Ravenna (northern Italy). He claims these events took place between 475 and 691. Account written in Ravenna in 830/846. | E05816 | Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis (86-89), recounts the reconciliation to Orthodoxy by Bishop Agnellus of Ravenna (557-570) of a church (now Sant'Apollinare Nuovo), built by the Theoderic the Ostrogoth in Ravenna (northern Italy) for the Arians of the city, and the bishop's dedication of it to *Martin (bishop and ascetic of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). The historian mentions the mosaics added by Bishop Agnellus, with processions of male and female saints, the men from Ravenna towards the enthroned Christ, the women from Classe towards the Virgin and Child, preceded by the three Magi. [These mosaics survive (see E06046)]. Account written in Latin in Ravenna, 830/846. | E05833 | Venantius Fortunatus, in an untitled poem (Appendix 21), invokes *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Hilarius/Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) to protect Radegund and her nuns in Poitiers (western Gaul). Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/587. | E05861 | The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in November. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710. | E05897 | Canons of a diocesan church council held at Auxerre (central Gaul) forbid people from celebrating the feasts of the saints, including that of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in ways not authorised by the church, and also forbid the use of the Sortes sanctorum. Written in Latin at Auxerre during the episcopate of Aunacharius (561-605). | E05903 | The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers describes how *Romanus (ascetic and monastic founder of the Jura, ob. 455/460, S00003) healed two lepers near Geneva (eastern Gaul), explicitly comparing Romanus' miracle to a similar one by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); 430/460. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525. | E05909 | The Latin Life of *Aunarius/Aunacharius (bishop of Auxerre, ob. 605, S02173) presents the saint as an ideal bishop and miracle-worker, both in life and from the grave; Aunacharius was ordained at the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and buried near that of *Germanus (bishop of Auxerre, ob. c. 448, S00455). Someone needing healing was advised in a dream by *Lupus (probably Lupus of Troyes, S00418), to seek it from Aunacharius. Written at Auxerre (central Gaul), in the early 7th century. | E05911 | List of litanies and vigils at churches and monasteries of Auxerre (central Gaul), written in Latin at Auxerre in the time of Bishop Aunacharius (561-605), possibly in the period 585/592: churches mentioned are dedicated to *Germanus (bishop of Auxerre, ob. 448, S00455), *Amator (bishop of Auxerre, ob. 418, S01980), *Marianus (ascetic of Auxerre, 5th c., S02175), *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Valerianus (bishop of Auxerre, 4th c., S02176), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035), and monasteries dedicated to *Cyricus/Kyrikos (child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) and (without naming them directly), *Priscus and his companions (martyrs of Auxerre, S02412). | E05912 | The will of Desiderius, bishop of Auxerre (ob. 614/627), includes donations to churches and monasteries in and around Auxerre, Sens, Cahors, and Toulouse (in northern and south-west Gaul), dedicated to 16 named saints or pairs of saints. Written in Latin at Auxerre (central Gaul), 605/627. | E05916 | List of the churches and monasteries in and around Auxerre (central Gaul) whose clergy were to conduct mass in the cathedral of Auxerre in given weeks throughout the year. Written in Latin at Auxerre (central Gaul) in the time of Bishop Tetricus or Treticus (692-707), probably in the year 692/3. It lists churches dedicated to *Germanus (bishop of Auxerre, ob. 448, S00455), *Amator (bishop of Auxerre, ob. 418, S01980), *Marianus (ascetic of Auxerre, 5th c., S02175), *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035), *Mary (mother of Christ, S00033), *Eusebius (probably the bishop of Vercelli, ob. 371, S01219), *Nazarius (martyr of Milan, 00281), *Memmius (first bishop of Châlons-en-Champagne, S01285), *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313). | E05918 | The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers describes how a monk from Condat twice tried to abscond from the monastery after the devil inflamed him with pride. The first time he left but returned after he was chastened by the taunting of the possessed outside the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at Tours; the second time his departure was pre-empted by the prayers of *Lupicinus (5th c. ascetic of the Jura, ob. c. 475, S00003); c. 455/c. 475. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525. | E05936 | The Chronicle of Fredegar (4.54) describes how in 626 Godinus, son of the Mayor of the Palace Warnacharius, took refuge from the anger of King Chlothar II in the church of *Aper (bishop of Toul, ob. 6th c., S02195) in Toul (eastern Gaul). He is later forced to visit various churches, ostensibly to strengthen his fidelity to Chlothar by swearing oaths in them. Includes references to the burial churches of *Medard (bishop of Vermand buried at Soissons, ob. c. 560, S00168), *Denis/Dionysius (bishop and martyr of Paris, S00349), *Anianus (bishop of Orléans, ob. 454, S01206), and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Gaul/Francia, 659/700. | E05947 | The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) appeared in a vision to *Eugendus (ascetic of the Jura, ob. 512/515S02182), and revealed to him the arrival of a monk from his monastery; Condat, c. 496. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525. | E05949 | The Latin Life of the Jura Fathers recounts how an ampulla with the oil of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) survived a fire in the monastery in Condat and continued to be venerated there at the time of writing; 496/525. Written at Condat in the Jura mountains (modern Saint-Claude in eastern Gaul), 512/525. | E05955 | The Chronicle of Fredegar (3.24) describes how King Clovis gave gifts to the churches of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) after his victory over the Visigoths at the battle of Vouillé in 507. This part of Fredegar's text is based on Gregory of Tours' Histories, but includes material not in Gregory. Written in Latin in Gaul/Francia, 659/700. | E05965 | The will of Desiderius, bishop of Cahors (ob. c. 655), summarised in the Latin Life of Desiderius (E08220), leaves property to churches or monasteries in and around Cahors (south-west Gaul), dedicated to fourteen named saints or pairs of saints. Summary written in Cahors, c. 670/700. | E06046 | Mosaics in the nave of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (northern Italy) depicting twenty-two female saints, preceded by the three Magi, processing towards the Virgin and Child, and twenty-six male saints, probably originally preceded by *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), processing towards Christ; created under Bishop Agnellus, 557/570. | E06062 | Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), describes how the saint knew miraculously of the death of *Colmán moccu Loígse (bishop in Leinster, 6th c., S02250) and how he added his name into the liturgy next to (or in place of) that of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704. | E06068 | Gennadius of Marseille, in his De viris illustribus ('On distinguished men'), written in Latin at Marseille (southern Gaul) c. 468, mentions that Sulpicius Severus wrote works recording the life and miracles of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). | E06095 | The will of Bertram/Bertrand, bishop of Le Mans, of 27 March 616, establishes as the bishop's heirs two churches at Le Mans (north-west Gaul), one dedicated to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), the other to the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008), which Bertram himself had built; and makes provisions concerning numerous properties across Gaul, including churches associated with various saints, mostly in or around Le Mans. Written in Latin at Le Mans. | E06141 | A substantially authentic Merovingian diploma of Theudebert II, king of the Franks, confirms the foundation and endowment of an oratory within the walls of Le Mans (north-west Gaul) dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), by the priest Eoladius and nun Baudomalla. Written in Latin, probably at Chatou or Châtenay (northern Gaul), 596. | E06226 | Two authentic Merovingian royal diplomas record the foundation and endowment by Sigebert III, king of the Franks, of the monasteries at Stavelot and Malmedy (north-east Gaul), which hold relics of, *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), *John (probably the Baptist, S00020), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and other unnamed saints; and their later confirmation by Theuderic III, king of the Franks; in this confirmation the monasteries are recorded as being in honour of *Mary (mother of Christ, S00033), of the apostles Peter and Paul, and other unnamed saints. Written in Latin in Gaul, 643/7 and 679/91. | E06231 | The Formulary of Marculf includes a template for a document ordering the settlement of a dispute at a (royal) palace, during which oaths must be sworn over the cape of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Gaul, probably c. 650/730. | E06236 | An authentic Merovingian royal diploma in the name of Theuderic III, king of the Franks, records the settlement of a dispute (placitum) at Luzarches (northern Gaul), during which oaths were sworn over the cape of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin, probably at Luzarches, and dated 30 June 682. | E06245 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem on virginity (8.3), when describing the court of heaven lists numerous saints with the cities of their resting-place. Written in Latin in Gaul, probably in the early 570s. | E06249 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (7.6), recounts how *Polyeuktos (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325), *Hilarius/Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) were called on to punish any offender against a pact drawn up between Merovingian kings; in Paris, in 584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/594. | E06283 | The Latin Life of *Caesarius (bishop of Arles, ob. 542, S00491), records in two books the bishop's life, miracles (several through objects that had been in contact with the saint), and death. Several churches and feasts in Arles are mentioned. Written by five clerics of the ecclesiastical province of Arles (southern Gaul), 542/5. | E06301 | Audoin's Life of *Eligius (bishop of Noyon, ob. 660, S02032) records across two books the saint's lay and then episcopal career, his posthumous cult, and many miracles. It provides further evidence for many other cults in 7th-century Gaul. Written in Latin in Gaul, possibly in 660/86, with later additions and emendations. | E06315 | The Latin Life of *Gaugeric (bishop of Cambrai, ob. 623/9, S02205) records the bishop's life, death and miracles, mentioning also the shrines of other saints of northern Gaul. Written perhaps at Cambrai (north-east Gaul), probably c. 640/700. | E06319 | The Lives of the Abbots of Habendum (Remiremont, eastern Gaul) records the abbacies and early cults of *Amatus (ob. 627, S02407), *Romaric (ob. 653, S02973) and *Adelphius (ob. c. 670, S02974). Written in Latin in Gaul, probably at Habendum, c. 670/700. | E06342 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 3.23) of 593, to Petrus the papal agent in Campania, mentions a monastery dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050) in Naples (southern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06352 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 5.4) of 594, to Victor, bishop of Palermo (Sicily), mentions monasteries dedicated to *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480) and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050), both in Sicily. Written in Latin in Rome. | E06355 | Paulinus of Périgueux writes a six-book Life of Saint Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, E00050) in verse, the first five books being a rendition of Sulpicius Severus' Life of Saint Martin and Dialogues, the sixth an account of twelve posthumous miracles; the work was perhaps dedicated to bishop Perpetuus of Tours. Written in Latin, presumably in Périgueux, 450/471. | E06359 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 5.50) of 595, to Fortunatus, bishop of Naples, mentions the abbot of a monastery of Saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and an oratory dedicated to *Peter (the Apostle, S00008) and *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), both presumably in the diocese of Naples (southern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06428 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 13.5) of 602, to Brunhild, queen of the Franks, mentions a church dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050) in the suburbs of Autun (central Gaul); he also refers to an oath sworn before the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) in Rome. Written in Latin in Rome. | E06430 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 13.11) of 602, to Lupus, priest and abbot, grants privileges to a church dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050) in the suburbs of Autun (central Gaul). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06466 | The Latin Life of *Maurilius (bishop of Angers, ob. 453, S02421), primarily an account of the saint's many lifetime miracles, is written by Magnobodus, bishop of Angers (north-west Gaul), in about 620. | E06486 | Venantius Fortunatus writes the Life of *Radegund (former queen and monastic founder, ob. 587, S00182), describing her charity, extreme asceticism and mortification of the flesh, and her many miracles in life. Written in Latin, in Poitiers (western Gaul), probably soon after 587. | E06487 | Baudonivia's Life of *Radegund (former queen and monastic founder, ob. 587, S00182), recounts the abbess' life, death, and miracles, detailing in particular her collection of relics, as well as wider cult activity in and around the city of Poitiers (western Gaul). Written in Latin at Poitiers, 587/613. | E06490 | The Latin first Life of *Romanus, Priest of Blaye (S01129) presents its protagonist as a monk, presbyter and miracle-worker from Provence, who, prompted by God, travels to Blaye, near Bordeaux, by way of Narbonne and Toulouse, where he has a vision of *Saturninus (bishop and martyr of Toulouse, S00289); at Blaye, in collaboration with *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), he destroys a pagan temple and converts the local population; on his death, he is buried by Martin and miracles occur at his grave. Written possibly in the 5th c., probably in the region of Bordeaux (south-west Gaul). | E06494 | The Latin Life of *Segolena (abbess of Troclar, 7th c., S02435) records her life, death and miracles. Written possibly at Albi or Troclar (both south-west Gaul), 642/c.700. | E06505 | The Latin Life of *Dalmatius (bishop of Rodez, ob. c. 580, S02447), after briefly mentioning his successful episcopate, narrates seven of his lifetime miracles, closing with a mention of the many that still occur at his grave. Written, presumably in Rodez (south-west Gaul), probably in the late 6th or 7th c. Full text, and full English translation. | E06545 | A wandering monk named Mauricius writes to a Spanish bishop named Agapius defending his wandering lifestyle, and declares his intention of visiting the shrines of 'the holy martyrs of God Martin and Vincent', a reference to *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, S00290), and probably to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), but just possibly to *Martin (bishop of Braga, ob. 580, S01176). Letter written in Latin in Spain, early 7th c. | E06554 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. | E06625 | Sidonius Apollinaris in his Letter 4.18 to Lucontius, of 467/471, tells how Perpetuus, bishop of Tours, has rebuilt on a much larger scale the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours (north-west Gaul), and commissioned a poem from Sidonius to be inscribed on its walls, the text of which Sidonius includes. Written in Latin at Clermont (central Gaul). | E06659 | Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry | E06713 | Venantius Fortunatus writes the Life of *Hilary/Hilarius (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183), recounting his virtues, staunch defence of Orthodoxy, writings and various miracles in life. Written in Latin in Poitiers (western Gaul), 567/569. Full text, and full English translation. | E06714 | Venantius Fortunatus writes the Life of *Germanus (bishop of Paris, ob. 576, S01166), outlining his life, first as abbot of the monastery of saint *Symphorianus (martyr of Autun, S00322) in Autun (central Gaul), and then as bishop of Paris, and listing many miracles. The churches and graves of other saints, particularly Symphorianus, also feature in the narrative. Written in Latin, probably in Poitiers (western Gaul), 576/613. | E06789 | The Acts of *Victor (bishop of Le Mans, S02952) and *Victorius (bishop of Le Mans, ob. c. 490, S01280) records the saints' consecutive episcopates as father and son, linking them both closely with *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin, probably at Le Mans or Tours (north-west Gaul), possibly shortly before c. 700. | E06895 | Will of Aredius of Limoges and his mother Pelagia, of 572, containing bequests to churches or oratories dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), *Medard (bishop of Vermand buried at Soissons, ob. c. 560, S00168), *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168), Hilary/Hilarius (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183), *Maximinus (bishop of Trier, ob. c. 347, S00465), and *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035); the clauses of the will are placed under the protection of St Martin. Written in Latin in Limoges (western Gaul). | E06977 | A probably authentic papal letter of privilege issued by Pope Adeodatus II grants special rights to the monastery at Tours (north-west Gaul) dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin at Rome, 672/6. | E07074 | In the Latin Life of Lady *Balthild (queen of the Franks, ob. 680, S02359), the author reports that the saint gave special privileges to the 'senior basilicas' in Gaul, dedicated to *Dionysius (bishop and martyr of Paris, S00349), *Germanus (bishop of Paris, ob. 576, S01166), *Medard (bishop of Vermand buried at Soissons, ob. c. 560, S00168), *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Anianus (bishop of Orléans, ob. 453, S01206), and *Martin (bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Gaul/Francia, possibly at the monastery at Chelles (near Paris), 680/90. | E07615 | Jonas' Lives of *Columbanus (monk and missionary in Ireland, Gaul and Italy, ob. 615, S01983) and his Disciples records the life, miracles and death of the saint, followed by accounts of miracles performed through *Athala (second abbot of Bobbio (northern Italy), ob. 625/6 S01948), *Eustasius (second abbot of Luxeuil (eastern Gaul), ob. 629, S02255) and *Bertulf (third abbot of Bobbio, ob. 639, S02828), together with those that took place among the nuns of Faremoutiers (northern Gaul). Written in Latin, possibly at Marchiennes (north-east Gaul), 642/3. | E07729 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (1.39), briefly describes the career as a preacher and missionary of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and notes his miracles, including resurrecting three men from the dead. He also refers to the death of *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) and states that he too was said to have revived the dead. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E07737 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (2.1), tells how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) foresaw that *Bricius (bishop of Tours, ob. 444, S01170), would succeed him as bishop but suffer many troubles when in office. As bishop, Bricius is accused of fathering a child; he proves his innocence by two miracles, but is driven into extended exile, before he is eventually restored; two bishops appointed in his place die through God's judgement. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E07748 | List of relics and diptych from the monastery of the Holy *Apostles (S02422) and *Martyrs (S02818) at Arles (southern Gaul), giving the names of saints whose relics were deposited in the monastery and the people for whom prayers were to be offered in the liturgy. The list contains the names of all the Apostles, as well as *Mary (mother of Christ, S00033), *John the Baptist (S00020), and *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), together with four Gallic martyrs, *Genesius (martyr of Arles, S00263), *Symphorianus (martyr of Autun, S00322), *Baudilius (martyr of Nîmes, S00383), and *Victor (martyr of Marseille, S00382), and three Gallic bishops, *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and *Caesarius (bishop of Arles, ob. 542, S00491). Written in Latin at Arles, in 600/650. | E07751 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.2), describes how King Chlothar I cancelled a tax-assessment on churches for fear of being punished by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), c. 545/550. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E07753 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.11), tells of how a presbyter at Clermont named Cato disdained appointment as bishop of Tours, and bribed a woman to pretend to be possessed by a demon and to cry out that he was a saintly man, and holier than the bishop; in 551/570. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E07757 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.49), attributes to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) a miraculous role in the signing of a peace treaty between the Frankish kings Guntram, Sigibert and Chilperic in 574. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E07763 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.25), describes how Guntram Boso invoked *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), during combat with one of his enemies, Dragolen, near Poitiers, western Gaul, in 578. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/594. | E07765 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.47), mentions that King Chilperic's emissary Ansovald arrived in Tours on the feast day of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), in 579. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E07766 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.49), describes how during Gregory's trial in 580 for slandering Queen Fredegund, a man named Modestus, who had been imprisoned after criticising Gregory's accusers, was miraculously freed through the intervention of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Medard (bishop of Vermand buried at Soissons, ob. c. 560, S00168), and joined Gregory at vigils in Medard's church at Soissons (north-east Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E07768 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (6.9), describes how Domnolus, later bishop of Le Mans, when he was abbot of the monastery attached to the church of *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037) at Paris, sought a favour from King Chlothar I in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at Tours, 558/559. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/594. | E07772 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (7.12), describes how relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) miraculously preserved objects from a fire in 584 in a church at Mareuil the territory of Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/594. | E07778 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.1 and 8.3), describes how King Guntram arrived at Orléans (north-west Gaul) on the feast day of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), 4 July 585. He also refers to the mass celebrated on that day. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/594. | E07779 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.2), describes how King Guntram, after visiting the shrines of several unnamed saints (S00518), came to his lodging in Orléans (north-west Gaul), near the church of *Avitus (abbot of Le Perche, ob. c. 525, S01307) and was given bread from the mass for *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), 5 July 585. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/594. | E07782 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.34), describes how a boy named Anatolius who became a hermit was possessed by a demon. He came to Tours and was cured by the power of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), but the possession began again when he left. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul),586/594. | E07804 | Gregory of Tours, in the prologue to Book 1 of his Miracles of Martin, affirms how God worked through *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) when he was alive, and now through his tomb in Tours, where many miracles occur. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E07805 | Gregory of Tours, in the prologue to Book 1 of his Miracles of Martin, describes how he was commanded by his mother in a dream to record the miracles of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in spite of his lack of skill as a writer. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E07807 | Gregory of Tours, in the prologue to Book 3 of his Miracles of Martin, discusses the different kinds of miracle that take place at the tomb in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and describes his own experiences of healing by Martiin. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/588. | E07809 | Gregory of Tours, in the prologue to Book 4 of his Miracles of Martin, discusses the saints' power of intercession, in the life and in the next, for those who seek their patronage. He refers to his own patron, *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and describes his own experiences of healing by Martin. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 588/594. | E07842 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a prose letter to Eufronius, bishop of Tours (north-west Gaul), included in his collection of poems (at 3.1), asks Eufronius to intercede on his behalf with *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/573. | E07845 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a prose letter to Martin, bishop of Galicia (i.e. Martin of Braga, ob. 580), included in his collection of Poems (at 5.1), requests that Martin should pray for the intercession of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) on behalf of himself, Radegund and Agnes (the founder and abbess respectively of the convent of the Holy Cross at Poitiers). Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/576. | E07846 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (5.3) addressed to the citizens of Tours in praise of Gregory (bishop of Tours 573-594), describes Gregory as a foster-son of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035), sent by Julian to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Gaul, 573/574. | E07847 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (10.7) for the feast day of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), depicts Martin in heaven with Christ, the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008), *Eugenia (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00401), and *Radegund (former queen and monastic founder, ob. 587, S00182), who had died not long before the composition of the poem. Written in Latin in Gaul, 587/588. | E07848 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (10.12a) addressed to Gregory, bishop of Tours, asking him to intercede for an imprisoned girl, mentions that *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) brought sight to the blind. Written in Latin in Gaul, probably c. 589. | E07849 | Venantius Fortunatus, in an untitled poem (Appendix 19), asks for his prayers to be granted through the merits of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/587. | E07860 | The priest Uranius writes On the death of *Paulinus (bishop of Nola, ob. 431, S01321), recounting the pious death of the saint; how he was visited before dying by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Ianuarius/Genuarius (bishop, and martyr of Naples, S01322); and how, after his death, he visited a bishop of Naples, encouraging him to join him in heaven. Written in Latin at Nola, shortly after 431. | E07999 | A document, probably by Caesaria the Younger, abbess of the women's monastery in Arles, regulates burials in the triple church dedicated to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *John (the Baptist, S00020), and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) by Caesarius of Arles. Written in Latin at Arles (southern Gaul), 550/570. | E08075 | Three relic labels at the monastery of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (south-east Gaul), datable by their script to the late 6th/earlier 7th c., for relics of various saints. Written in Latin, either where the relics originated, or at Saint-Maurice d'Agaune. | E08078 | Six relic labels at the monastery of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (south-east Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th/8th c., for relics of Gallic saints. Written in Latin, either where the relics originated, or at Saint-Maurice d'Agaune. | E08117 | Four anonymous poems, recorded in the Martinellus, about places associated with *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at his monastery of Marmoutier, near Tours (north-west Gaul); once inscribed or painted at the site. Written in Latin, at Marmoutier, probably early 5th c. | E08119 | Fourteen texts, recorded in the Martinellus, for the most part in verse, commissioned by Bishop Perpetuus of Tours in 467/470, to be inscribed or painted within the basilica of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397) at Tours (north-west Gaul), several to accompany scenes in fresco or mosaic. Written in Latin at (or for) Tours, 467/470. | E08120 | Epitaphs on the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), as recorded in the Martinellus, set up in the saint's new basilica at Tours (north-west Gaul) by Perpetuus, bishop of Tours, in 467/470; a small fragment of one inscription survives. Written in Latin in Tours. | E08121 | Paulinus of Périgueux writes two poems about *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and sends them with a covering letter to Bishop Perpetuus of Tours (bishop 458/9-488/9). One poem, written to be inscribed on the walls of Perpetuus' new church of Martin in Tours (north-west Gaul), praises the many miracles of Martin, both in his lifetime and in the present; the other describes how an account of miracles of Martin, written by Perpetuus, saved Paulinus' grandson and the latter's wife from grave illness. Written in Latin, presumably in Périgueux (western Gaul), 465/471. With new translation of the letter and of the second poem. | E08122 | Anonymous sermon in praise of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), delivered in Tours (north-west Gaul) on the feast of the saint's death (11 November) and stressing how fortunate Tours was to have him as its saint and patron. Written in Latin in Tours, probably 6th c. | E08124 | The canons of a church council at Tours (north-west Gaul) in AD 461 record that it was held soon after a feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and invoke the saint to protect its rulings. Written in Latin in Tours. | E08130 | Paulinus of Périgueux, in Book 6 of his verse Life of Saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), recounts twelve miracles of the saint, which had been collected by Bishop Perpetuus of Tours. Written in Latin, presumably in Périgueux, 458/471. Overview entry. | E08132 | Paulinus of Périgueux, in Book 6 (Miracle 5) of his verse Life of Saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), recounts how a Hunnic soldier stole a crown displayed at the grave of Martin, was struck blind, repented of his misdeed, and had his sight restored. Written in Latin, presumably in Périgueux, 458/471. | E08133 | Paulinus of Périgueux, in Book 6 (Miracle 8) of his verse Life of Saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), recounts how Bishop Perpetuus of Tours mixed dust from the tomb of Martin at Tours (north-west Gaul) into some oil; and how this oil miraculously increased in volume and was able to cure people. Written in Latin, presumably in Périgueux, 458/471. | E08134 | Paulinus of Périgueux, in Book 6 (Miracle 9) of his verse Life of Saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), recounts how wax taken from the shrine of the saint at Tours (north-west Gaul) protected a field of crops from hail. Written in Latin, presumably in Périgueux, 458/471. | E08135 | Paulinus of Périgueux, in Book 6 (Miracle 10) of his verse Life of Saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), recounts how pilgrims crossing the Loire to visit the Martin's cell at Marmoutier (north-west Gaul) were saved from drowning. Written in Latin, presumably in Périgueux, 458/471. | E08136 | Paulinus of Périgueux, in Book 6 (Miracle 12) of his verse Life of Saint *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), recounts how a candle from the shrine of the saint in Tours (north-west Gaul) saved a house from burning down. Written in Latin, presumably in Périgueux, 458/471. | E08220 | The Latin Life and Acts of *Desiderius (bishop of Cahors, ob. 655, S02958) is a composite text, combining documentary records concerning the bishop, with an account of his life, death and miracles. Written in Gaul, probably at Cahors (south-west Gaul), perhaps c. 670/700, with later amendments and miracle stories, 8th-9th c. | E08222 | The Gothic Missal compiles liturgical texts for the celebration of saints' feasts throughout the year. Written in Latin in Gaul, perhaps at Luxeuil for the Christian community of Autun, c. 680/710. Overview entry. | E08236 | The Gothic Missal includes prayers to be performed on rogation (fasting) days at churches dedicated to various named saints. Written in Latin in Gaul, perhaps at Luxeuil for the Christian community of Autun, c. 680/710. | E08251 | The Gothic Missal includes prayers for the celebration of mass on the feast day of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Gaul, perhaps at Luxeuil for the Christian community of Autun, c. 680/710. | E08257 | Latin inscription marking the presence under an altar table of relics of the *Martyrs of Massa Candida (S00904), 'Hesidorus' (probably *Isidoros, soldier and martyr of Chios, S00425), the *Three Hebrew Youths (of the Old Testament Book of Daniel, S01198), *Martinus (probably the ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Romanus (probably the deacon martyred at Antioch, S00120). Found in Calama (Numidia, central North Africa). Probably 6th/7th c. | E08335 | The Bobbio Missal compiles liturgical texts for the celebration of saints' feasts throughout the year. Written in Latin in south-east Gaul, perhaps at or near Vienne, c. 675/725. | E08349 | Venantius Fortunatus writes the Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). It is an adaptation in epic verse of the Life of Martin and of books 2 and 3 of the Dialogues of Sulpicius Severus; in a final envoi, the book travels from Poitiers to Fortunatus' home city of Ravenna, stopping at the shrines of many saints along the way. Written in Latin, in Poitiers (western Gaul), between 573 and 576. Overview entry. | E08352 | The Formulary of Tours (north-west Gaul) includes a template for a charter of donation to the monastery where the body of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) is buried. Written in Latin at Tours, possibly before c. 700. | E08353 | The Formulary of Tours (north-west Gaul) includes a template for a document whereby the wardens of the shrine of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) could attest to the abandonment of a newborn infant at the site, and its subsequent sale into slavery. Written in Latin at Tours, possibly before c. 700. | E08360 | A text possibly inscribed at the monastery of Marmoutier, near Tours (north-west Gaul), or written in a manuscript copied at the monastery, mentioning *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and possibly seeking intercession from unnamed saints. Written in Latin at Marmoutier, c. 660/680). | E08373 | Latin inscribed epitaph of Ariomeres, describing him as a 'servant' of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), on the lid of a sarcophagus at Ligugé (western Gaul), mid 5th c. to mid 6th c. | E08379 | The Chronicle of Fredegar (4.25-6) records an agreement to a duel sworn by the aristocrats Landri and Bertoald at Orléans (north-west Gaul) on the feast day of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), 604. Written in Latin in Gaul/Francia, 659/700. | E08395 | A summary of two charters records grants of property to rural churches in the territory of Viviers (southern Gaul): one by a bishop of the early 6th c. to a church of *Mary (mother of Christ, S00033) and to a church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050); another by a bishop of the 7th c. to a church of *Stephen (which he had built), and to one of *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037). Summaries written in Latin in Viviers, probably in the 8th c. | E08397 | The will of Somnatius, bishop of Reims (c. 613 - after 626), leaves property and money to many churches at Reims and elsewhere in northern Gaul. Will of c. 620; summary, written in Latin in the 940s by Flodoard, in his History of the Church of Reims (2.5). | E08398 | The will of Lando, bishop of Reims (mid-7th c.), leaves property to many churches of Reims. Will of mid-7th c.; summary, written in Latin in the 940s by Flodoard, in his History of the Church of Reims (2.6). | E08401 | The will of a son (name lost) of Idda records arrangements for the basilica of *Dionysius (bishop and martyr of Paris, S00349) at Paris (Saint-Denis), and a church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) at Chaussy (northern Gaul), where he wishes to be buried with his siblings. Written in Latin, probably at Arthies (northern Gaul), c. 650/700. | E08406 | A charter issued by Wademer and his wife Ercamberta grants properties to churches dedicated to diverse saints in Paris and elsewhere in northern Gaul, including one dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050) at Précy, where they wish to be buried. Written in Latin, probably at Chambly (northern Gaul), 690/91. | E08408 | The will of Ermentrude/Erminethrudis outlines the arrangements for numerous bequests of possessions, properties and slaves; among the beneficiaries are churches dedicated to various saints in or near Paris (northern Gaul). Written in Latin at Paris, 6th or 7th c, perhaps c. 630, or after c. 650. | E08414 | A fragmentary papyrus document from Ravenna (north-east Italy) lists the monetary income from properties within the city, including the patrimony of a foundation dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050). Written in Latin at Ravenna, 565/70. | E08425 | A charter, possibly authentic in its essentials, issued in the name of Bishop Palladius of Auxerre (central Gaul) records the bishop's foundation of a female monastery in the city's suburbs, with basilicas dedicated to *Mary (mother of Christ, S00033), *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288), *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035), and oratories dedicated to *Ferreolus (martyr of Besançon, S00348) and *Martin (bishop and ascetic of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); it further outlines lighting provisions for this monastery and the episcopal church dedicated to *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030). Written in Latin in Gaul, possibly at Auxerre, 634 or 637. | E08427 | A charter issued by Aquilinus, bishop of Narbonne (south-west Gaul) records his gift of properties to the monastery at Asán (north-east Hispania) dedicated to the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030). Written in Latin, perhaps at Narbonne, 22 February 576. | E08428 | A charter/royal diploma issued by Reccared, king of the Visigoths, records his gift of fiscal properties to the monastery at Asán (north-east Hispania) dedicated to the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008), *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, S00290), *Eulalia (virgin and martyr of Mérida, S00407), and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin at Toledo (central Hispania), 13 December 586. | E08483 | Venantius Fortunatus, in his verse Life of Martin (4.686-701), sends his book to a shrine of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in the church of *Iohannes and Paulus (brothers and eunuchs, martyrs in Rome under Julian 00384) in Ravenna (northern Italy), where there was an image of Martin and a lamp burning by it; many years earlier Fortunatus' eyes had been cured with oil from this lamp. Written in Latin in Poitiers (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E08489 | Venantius Fortunatus, at the end of his verse Life of St Martin (4.663-7), sends the personified book on a pilgrimage, from Poitiers to the poet's home city of Ravenna, venerating various saints along the way; its eighth such stop is at Concordia (northern Italy) and *Augustinus and Basilius (possibly saints of Concordia, S03029); it is then to proceed to Treviso to meet Felix, whose sight, like that of Fortunatus, had once been cured by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Poitiers (north-west Gaul), 573/576. | E08490 | Venantius Fortunatus, at the end of his verse Life of St Martin (4.672-4), sends the personified book on a pilgrimage, from Poitiers to the poet's home city of Ravenna, venerating various saints along the way; its ninth such stop is to be at the grave of Iustina (virgin and martyr of Padua, S02321) in Padua (northern Italy), where there is a wall figuring the deeds of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin in Poitiers (north-west Gaul), 573/576. |
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