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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Melanius, bishop of Rennes, earlier 6th c.

Saint ID

S01279

Number in BH

BHL 5887-5888

Reported Death Not Before

530

Reported Death Not After

530

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.
E02646Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (54), tells how the cloth covering the tomb of *Melanius (bishop of Rennes, earlier 6th c., S01279) in Rennes (north-west Gaul) remained undamaged when a great fire destroyed the impressive building over the tomb. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E04589The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 6 January.
E05009The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 5 November.
E05011The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 6 November.