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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Theomastus, bishop of Mainz, buried in Poitiers

Saint ID

S01277

Reported Death Not Before

400

Reported Death Not After

450

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.
E02641Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (52), tells of the tomb of *Theomastus (bishop of Mainz, buried in Poitiers, S01277) in front of the church of *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob 367, S00183) in Poitiers (western Gaul); dust scratched from it cures toothache and fevers. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.