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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Amarandus, martyr of Albi

Saint ID

S00333

Reported Death Not After

484

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.
E00582Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (56), tells of the discovery of the tomb of *Amarandus (martyr of Albi, S00333) near Albi (south-west Gaul), of its veneration by the local inhabitants even when driven away from their homes, and of a candle miraculously lit at it. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
E00583Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (57), recounts the death of *Eugenius (bishop of Carthage, exiled by the Vandals to Albi in Gaul, ob. 505, S00334), his burial in the crypt of *Amarandus (martyr of Albi, S00333) near Albi (south-west Gaul), and the punishment of a false oath at the fair during the feast of the saint. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
E05013The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 8 November.