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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Benignus, bishop buried in the Touraine

Saint ID

S01247

Reported Death Not Before

350

Reported Death Not After

587

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02560Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (17), tells how a certain Bishop *Benignus (bishop buried in the Touraine, S01247) punished a man who stole the lid of his tomb, then appeared to him in a dream and restored him to health when he returned the lid. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.