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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Vitalina, pious virgin of Artonne, ob. before 397

Saint ID

S01221

Reported Death Not After

397

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Virgins
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02455Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (5), recounts how *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) gained entry to heaven for *Vitalina (pious virgin of Artonne, ob. before 397, S01221), and visited Clermont (central Gaul), where he healed some of the sick but did not enter the city. Vitalina appeared in visions to people and revealed the day of her death; they kept vigils in her honour, and she provided wine and fish for her feast. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.