Name
Patroclus, hermit of Berry, ob. 576
Saint ID
S00064
Number in BH
BHL 6519
Reported Death Not Before
576
Reported Death Not After
576
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Hermits/recluses
| ID | Title | E00157 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Patroclus (hermit of Berry, ob. 576, S00064): it presents the saint as an ascetic, founding monasteries in Berry (central Gaul), attracting the devout, and experiencing visions. From Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 9, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Patroclus. | 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. | E00166 | Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Patroclus (hermit of Berry, ob. 576, S00064), tells of the death of the saint, a contest over possession of his body, and miracles at his grave in the monastery at Colombier (central Gaul). From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (9.3), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. | E05870 | Gregory of Tours writes the Life of the Fathers, collecting the lives of twenty Gallic bishops, abbots and recluses; written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview/list of the twenty Lives. | E07761 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.10), briefly describes the life of *Patroclus (hermit of Berry, ob. 576, S00064), and mentions that he had composed an account of his life. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/594. |
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