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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Martius, abbot near Clermont, ob. 498/510

Saint ID

S00105

Reported Death Not Before

500

Reported Death Not After

510

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Miracle-workers in lifetime, Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00263Gregory of Tours writes the Life of *Martius (abbot near Clermont, ob. 498/510, S00105): it presents the saint as a man who pardoned offences, and tells of healings within Gregory's own family. Gregory, Life of the Fathers Book 14, written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. Overview of Gregory's Life of Martius.
E00264Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Martius (abbot near Clermont, ob. 498/510, S00105), recounts the burial and posthumous miracles of the saint at his monastery near Clermont (central Gaul). From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (14.4), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594.
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.