Name
Marcellus, martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône
Saint ID
S00323
Number in BH
BHL 5245-5247
Reported Death Not Before
170
Reported Death Not After
190
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | 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. | E00576 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (52), relates the story of a man deprived of speech and movement after attempting perjury at the altar of the church of *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323) near Chalon (eastern Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E02178 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.27), tells how, in 579, the deposed bishops, Salonius of Embrun and Sagittarius of Gap, were detained in the church of *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323), at Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon (near Chalon, eastern Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/594. | E02329 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.3), records that the feast day of *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323) was celebrated in September 587 at Chalon-sur-Saône (eastern Gaul), and was attended by King Guntram. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/594. | E02359 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.27), records a young girl who in 589 sought asylum in the church of *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323) at Chalon-sur-Saône (eastern Gaul) after killing Duke Amalo who had tried to rape her. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 589/594. | E02372 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.10), recounts how in 590 King Guntram's chamberlain, after trial by battle, attempted to reach sanctuary in the church of *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323) at Chalon (eastern Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594. | E04941 | 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 September. | E05931 | The Chronicle of Fredegar (4.1 and 4.14) describes how in the year 583/4 King Guntram built a church near Chalon-sur-Saône (eastern Gaul), dedicated to *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323), and held a council to confirm the foundation, modelled on that held by King Sigismund of the Burgundians in 515 to confirm his foundation of the monastery at Agaune (eastern Gaul) dedicated to the martyrs of the *Theban Legion (S00339). Later, Guntram is buried there. Written in Latin in Gaul/Francia, 659/700. | E06223 | An authentic Merovingian royal diploma records the immunities guaranteed by Childebert III, king of the Franks, to the monastery at Tussonval (northern Gaul) dedicated to *Dionysius (bishop and martyr of Paris, S00349) and *Marcellus (probably the late 4th/5th c. bishop of Paris, S01301). Written in Latin, probably at Nogent-sur-Marne (northern Gaul), 696. | E06246 | Ten episcopal charters of debated authenticity, granting privileges of immunity to monasteries, record various dedications to saints at monastic churches in Gaul. Some of the charters note among their precedents the special privileges already enjoyed by the church at Chalon-sur-Saône dedicated to *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323) and 'the place of the saints of Agaune' (north-east Gaul), i.e. its monastery dedicated to *The Theban Legion (martyrs of Agaune, S00339). Written in Latin in Gaul, 637-92. | E06278 | The Latin Life of *Austregisil (bishop of Bourges, ob. 624, S02365) records the saint's background at the royal palace, his subsequent clerical career, and his miracles in life and death. Written possibly at Bourges (central Gaul), c. 650/700. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. |
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