Name
Eutropis/Eutropius, bishop and martyr of Saintes
Saint ID
S00332
Number in BH
BHL 2784-2788
Reported Death Not Before
92
Reported Death Not After
260
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops , Missionaries
| 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. | E00581 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (55), tells how, when the body of *Eutropis (bishop and martyr of Saintes, S00332) was being moved into a new church, it was seen to have a scar of martyrdom on its head; the saint then confirmed his martyrdom in a dream vision; all probably in the 570s. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E05555 | Venantius Fortunatus writes eleven books of Poems in Latin, mainly in western and north-western Gaul, 565/600; many of them with reference to saints. Overview entry. | E05634 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (1.13) On the church of *Eutropis (bishop and martyr of Saintes, S00332) in Saintes (south-west Gaul), tells how Leontius, bishop of Bordeaux, magnificently restored the building, in 542/577. Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/576. |
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