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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Troianus, bishop of Saintes, early 6th c.

Saint ID

S01283

Reported Death Not Before

500

Reported Death Not After

533

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.
E02672Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (58), recounts how *Troianus (bishop of Saintes, early 6th c., S01283) conversed with the spirit of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); how, while he still lived, people took threads from his cloak; and how at his tomb in Saintes (western Gaul) the sick are healed. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.