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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Sollemnis, holy man buried at Luynes, near Tours

Saint ID

S01250

Reported Death Not Before

250

Reported Death Not After

587

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02565Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (21), describes the discovery of the tomb of *Sollemnis (holy man buried at Luynes, near Tours, S01250); two possessed men revealed the site and were healed there; further cures happen. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.