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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Marcellus, bishop of Die, ob. 510

Saint ID

S01287

Number in BH

-

Reported Death Not Before

510

Reported Death Not After

510

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.
E02680Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (69), tells of a lamp that long stays alight at the tomb of *Marcellus (bishop of Die, ob. 510, S01287) in Die (south-east Gaul); this oil cures the sick. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E04612The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 17 January.
E06223An authentic Merovingian royal diploma records the immunities guaranteed by Childebert III, king of the Franks, to the monastery at Tussonval (northern Gaul) dedicated to *Dionysius (bishop and martyr of Paris, S00349) and *Marcellus (probably the late 4th/5th c. bishop of Paris, S01301). Written in Latin, probably at Nogent-sur-Marne (northern Gaul), 696.
E0831535 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission.