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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Timotheus and Apollinaris, martyrs of Reims

Saint ID

S00329

Number in BH

BHL 8296-8302

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
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.
E00580Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (54), tells of relics of *Timotheus and Apollinaris (martyrs of Reims, S00329) being taken, from their burial place in Reims (north-east Gaul), to a new church dedicated in their honour; an attempt to grant a piece of the relics to an undeserving woman was miraculously thwarted. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
E04928The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 August.
E05858The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in August. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710.
E07668Will of Bishop Remigius of Reims (ob. c. 535), leaving a legacy to the church of *Timotheus and Apollinaris (martyrs of Reims, S00329) in Reims (north-east Gaul), in which he wishes to be buried. Written in Latin in Reims, c. 511/530
E08397The will of Somnatius, bishop of Reims (c. 613 - after 626), leaves property and money to many churches at Reims and elsewhere in northern Gaul. Will of c. 620; summary, written in Latin in the 940s by Flodoard, in his History of the Church of Reims (2.5).
E08398The will of Lando, bishop of Reims (mid-7th c.), leaves property to many churches of Reims. Will of mid-7th c.; summary, written in Latin in the 940s by Flodoard, in his History of the Church of Reims (2.6).