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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Aravatius/Servatius, bishop of Tongeren, mid-4th c.

Saint ID

S01289

Number in BH

BHL 7611-7641

Reported Death Not Before

350

Reported Death Not After

400

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.
E02688Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (71), tells of the tomb of *Aravatius/Servatius (bishop of Tongeren, mid-4th c. [believed by Gregory to have been bishop of Maastricht, mid-5th c.], S01289) near a bridge in Maastricht (north-east Gaul); the snow always left it uncovered; devout people built wooden oratories over the tomb, but they always collapsed; eventually Monulf, bishop of Maastricht, constructed a great church for the saint and translated his body there, where miracles take place. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E05855The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in May. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710.
E07739Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (2.5), describes how *Aravatius/Servatius (bishop of Tongeren, mid-4th c. [believed by Gregory to have been bishop of Maastricht, mid-5th c.], S01289), travelled to Rome to pray at the shrine of 'the Apostle', probably *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) or perhaps *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), that his see would be protected from the Huns. Instead he is told that he will die before the Huns' invasion takes place. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594.