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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Baudilius, martyr of Nîmes

Saint ID

S00383

Number in BH

BHL 1043-1047

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.
E00624Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (77), tells of the miraculous power of *Baudilius (martyr of Nîmes, S00383): leaves from a tree growing on his tomb at Nîmes (southern Gaul) cure the sick, and, when carried by a merchant to a port in the East, take with them the presence of the saint; an intervention by the saint in c. 510/526 saved two priests of Nîmes. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
E07748List of relics and diptych from the monastery of the Holy *Apostles (S02422) and *Martyrs (S02818) at Arles (southern Gaul), giving the names of saints whose relics were deposited in the monastery and the people for whom prayers were to be offered in the liturgy. The list contains the names of all the Apostles, as well as *Mary (mother of Christ, S00033), *John the Baptist (S00020), and *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), together with four Gallic martyrs, *Genesius (martyr of Arles, S00263), *Symphorianus (martyr of Autun, S00322), *Baudilius (martyr of Nîmes, S00383), and *Victor (martyr of Marseille, S00382), and three Gallic bishops, *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and *Caesarius (bishop of Arles, ob. 542, S00491). Written in Latin at Arles, in 600/650.