Name
Hospicius, acetic and recluse near Nice, ob. 581
Saint ID
S01178
Number in BH
BHL 3987-3988
Reported Death Not Before
581
Reported Death Not After
581
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E02179 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (6.6), describes miracles effected by *Hospicius (ascetic and recluse near Nice, ob. 581, S01178). In c. 574, he foretells the coming of Lombard invaders to Nice (southern Gaul), warns its residents, then faces down the soldiers. He cures several people: a deaf and dumb man from Angers (in north-west Gaul), who was travelling to Rome to seek a cure from the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008) and from *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037) and the other martyrs of the city; a blind man called Dominicus; two women possessed by demons. Hospicius predicts his own death. Gregory has heard that Hospicius' Life had been written by many authors. The man from Angers, whom Gregory met and talked with, was travelling to Rome with a deacon who planned to collect relics of the Apostles and other saints. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 581/594. | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02754 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (95), tells how a man took dust from the tomb of *Hospicius (recluse near Nice, ob. 581, S01178) in the region of Nice (south-east Gaul), and how this dust stopped a Jewish ship in its tracks, enabling the man to arrive at Lérins (off the coast of Marseille). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. |
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