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
| ID | Title | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02688 | Gregory 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. | E05855 | The 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. | E07739 | Gregory 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. |
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