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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Paschasia, religious woman of Dijon

Saint ID

S00321

Reported Death Not Before

250

Reported Death Not After

511

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00367Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry.
E00574Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (50), narrates three miracles associated with *Benignus (martyr of Dijon, S00320): how *Paschasia (religious woman of Dijon, S00321) appeared from her burial-church in Dijon (eastern Gaul) to encourage the builders of Benignus' church; how liquids poured onto a stone of his martyrdom cure people (including Gregory); and how Gregory's mother, by keeping the vigils of Benignus, saved her home in Clermont (central Gaul) from the plague. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02610Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (42), gives an account of the tombs of *Florida (nun of Dijon, S01269) and *Paschasia (religious woman of Dijon, S00321); the latter is said to have appeared to the men building the church of *Benignus (martyr of Dijon, S00320); all in Dijon (eastern Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.