Site logo

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Florida, nun of Dijon

Saint ID

S01269

Reported Death Not Before

250

Reported Death Not After

511

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02610Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (42), gives an account of the tombs of *Florida (nun of Dijon, S01269) and *Paschasia (religious woman of Dijon, S00321); the latter is said to have appeared to the men building the church of *Benignus (martyr of Dijon, S00320); all in Dijon (eastern Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.