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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Martinus, saint of the Limousin, 'disciple of Martin of Tours'

Saint ID

S01196

Reported Death Not Before

360

Reported Death Not After

584

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Miracle-workers in lifetime
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02251Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (7.10), records the burial place and church in Brives-la-Gaillarde (south-west Gaul) of *Martinus (saint of the Limousin, S01196), supposedly a disciple of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). The church is burnt down and restored in 584; unspecified miracles occur. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/594.
E04914The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 9 August.