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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Sequanus, abbot in the territory of Langres, 6th c.

Saint ID

S01300

Number in BH

BHL 7584-7585

Reported Death Not Before

530

Reported Death Not After

580

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Miracle-workers in lifetime, Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02720Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (86), tells how, at the grave of *Sequanus (6th c. abbot, S01300) in the territory of Langres (eastern Gaul), three men who sought sanctuary were freed from the chains imposed on them by King Guntram. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E04960The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 18 September.
E04961The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 19 September.