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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Venerandus, bishop of Clermont, early 5th c.

Saint ID

S01261

Reported Death Not Before

423

Reported Death Not After

423

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.
E02595Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (34), tells the story of a tomb in the church of *Venerandus (bishop of Clermont, early 5th c., S01261) in Clermont (central Gaul): its lid was broken, revealing the body of a *Girl, wholly uncorrupted (S01262), which lay exposed for a year; the blind wife of Georgius, count of Clermont, regained her sight after seeing a vision in which she was told to cover the tomb, and did so; story set in the mid-6th c. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E02598Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (35), tells of several tombs in and around the church of *Venerandus (bishop of Clermont, ob. 423, S01261) in Clermont (central Gaul): at the tombs of *Alexander (monk with miraculous tomb in Clermont,S01267) and of an unknown person, miraculous things happen; at that of *Liminius (martyr of Clermont, S01193) there is no cult, although an account of his martyrdom survives. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E02601Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (36), records the tombs of *Venerandus (bishop of Clermont, early 5th c., S01261) and *Nepotianus (bishop of Clermont, ob. 385/386, S01141) in the church of Venerandus in Clermont (central Gaul); at both graves miracles occur. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.