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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Caluppa, recluse of the Auvergne, ob. 576

Saint ID

S00083

Reported Death Not Before

576

Reported Death Not After

576

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Lesser clergy , Hermits/recluses
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00221Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Caluppa (recluse of the Auvergne, ob. 576, S00083): it presents the saint as a solitary and enclosed ascetic, with the power to repel the devil; Gregory had visited him in person in 572/576. Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 11, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Caluppa.
E05870Gregory 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.