Name
Maximus, bishop of Riez, ob. 452/462
Saint ID
S00424
Number in BH
BHL 5852-5857
Reported Death Not Before
451
Reported Death Not After
462
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Ascetics/monks/nuns, "Confessors"
| ID | Title | E00756 | Anonymous sermon ('Eusebius Gallicanus', Sermon 35), probably by Faustus of Riez, on *Maximus (bishop of Riez, ob. 452/462, S00424). Preached in Latin at Riez (south-east Gaul), 452/470. | E00852 | The Latin Life of *Maximus (bishop of Riez, ob. 452/462, S00424), by Dynamius of Marseille, describes the life, many miracles, and death of the saint, with an account of his dedication of a church to *Alban (martyr of Verulamium, S01364), and references to churches dedicated to other saints. Written in south-east Gaul, c. 580/590. | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02715 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (82), tells how *Maximus (bishop of Riez, ob. 452/462, S00424) heals people at his tomb at Riez (south-east Gaul), and there brought a boy, who had died from fever, back to life; Gregory had met this man. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. |
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