Name
Martialis, first bishop of Limoges
Saint ID
S01168
Number in BH
BHL 5551-5586
Reported Death Not Before
250
Reported Death Not After
300
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , "Confessors"
| ID | Title | E01530 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (1.30), describes how seven bishops were sent to seven cities in Gaul in the reign of Decius (249-251) and became martyrs or confessors: *Saturninus of Toulouse (S00289), *Dionysius/Denis of Paris (S00349), *Trophimus of Arles (S00617), *Gatianus of Tours (S01175), *Paulus of Narbonne (S00503), *Stremonius of Clermont (S01255), and *Martialis of Limoges (S01168). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02104 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.16), recounts how in 555/560 an official was struck deaf and dumb after claiming that the churches of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168), in Tours and Limoges (both in western Gaul), paid nothing to the fisc; he later failed to find a cure at Martin's shrine in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02388 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.29), tells how a possessed woman saw saints gathering for the death in 591 of *Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591, S00302) in his monastery in the territory of Limoges (western Gaul): *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035), *Privatus (bishop and martyr of Javols, S01184), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168), *Saturninus (bishop and martyr of Toulouse, S00289) and *Dionysius/Denis (bishop and martyr of Paris, S00349). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02580 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (27), recounts how the sarcophagi of two presbyters, who accompanied *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168) to Gaul and were buried with him in the same crypt in Limoges (western Gaul), were miraculously relocated, so that both could be properly venerated. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E02581 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (28), gives an account of two miracles that occurred at the tomb of *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168) in Limoges (western Gaul): a girl with a stiffened hand and a man unable to speak after he had sworn a false oath were healed there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E04867 | 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 30 June. | E04980 | 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 8 October. | E06301 | Audoin's Life of *Eligius (bishop of Noyon, ob. 660, S02032) records across two books the saint's lay and then episcopal career, his posthumous cult, and many miracles. It provides further evidence for many other cults in 7th-century Gaul. Written in Latin in Gaul, possibly in 660/86, with later additions and emendations. | E06895 | Will of Aredius of Limoges and his mother Pelagia, of 572, containing bequests to churches or oratories dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), *Medard (bishop of Vermand buried at Soissons, ob. c. 560, S00168), *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168), Hilary/Hilarius (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183), *Maximinus (bishop of Trier, ob. c. 347, S00465), and *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035); the clauses of the will are placed under the protection of St Martin. Written in Latin in Limoges (western Gaul). | E07613 | The Latin Deeds of *Austremonius (martyr and first bishop of Clermont, S01255) by Praeiectus of Clermont tells how the saint was sent from Rome with other apostles to Gaul by Pope Clement; of his foundation of the church of Clermont and monastery of Issoire; of his miracles; and of his martyrdom by Jews (together with an unnamed baptised Jewish boy). Written at Issoire or Clermont (both central Gaul), c. 650/75. | E07621 | A miracle-story of *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168) tells how the guardian of the saint's tomb brought about the miraculous healing of the son of the Frankish king Chlothar II (ob. 629) through Martialis' intercession, and was rewarded by being made bishop of Limoges. From a collection of miracles of Martialis, written in Latin in Gaul, probably in the 7th century. | E07736 | A miracle-story of *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168) tells how an attempt by the dux Lupus to plunder his tomb in Limoges (western Gaul) was miraculously punished, in 675/676. From a collection of the saint's miracles, written in Latin in Gaul, probably Limoges, probably in the late 7th century. | 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. | E08396 | The will of Romulf, bishop of Reims (c. 590-596/613), leaves property to the matricola of *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168), the church of *Remigius (bishop of Reims, ob. c. 533, S00456), a female monastery of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), and other unnamed churches in Reims, Soissons and Tours (all northern Gaul). Will of c. 590/596; summary, written in Latin in the 940s by Flodoard, in his History of the Church of Reims (2.4). | E08524 | The Miracles of *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168) recount nine miracle stories, primarily of healing, at his grave at Limoges (western Gaul). Written in Latin, at Limoges, possibly in the 7th c. |
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