Name
Similianus, bishop of Nantes, ob. mid 4th c.
Saint ID
S00337
Reported Death Not Before
320
Reported Death Not After
380
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , "Confessors"
| 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. | E00584 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (59), tells of a vision of two processions coming from the churches of *Rogatianus and Donatus (martyrs of Nantes, S00335), and of *Similianus (bishop of Nantes, ob. mid 4th c., S00337) in Nantes (north-west Gaul), leading to the lifting of a siege in 481/511. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E04853 | 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 16 June. |
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