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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Valerianus, martyr of Tournus

Saint ID

S00324

Reported Death Not After

583

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
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.
E00577Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (53), recounts how a count was healed by *Valerianus (martyr of Tournus, S00324) after vowing that he would send a beam for the repair of his church in Tournus (eastern Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
E04952The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 15 September.
E0831535 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.