Name
Pelagia, ascetic of Limoges, ob. c. 586
Saint ID
S01313
Reported Death Not Before
580
Reported Death Not After
588
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E02387 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.29), gives an account of the life, miracles and death, in 591, of *Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591, S00302). He builds churches to unnamed saints (S00518), provides them with relics, and founds a monastery in the Limousin (western Gaul). Gregory describes several of his miracles, and refers to his own writings for further miracles of Aredius, effected through the power of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035) and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050); he bequeaths his possessions to the churches of Martin in Tours and *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) in Poitiers; three women are cured at his funeral. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 591/594. | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02765 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (102), describes the burial of *Pelagia (ascetic of Limoges, ob. c. 586, S01313), the mother of Aredius (monastic founder in the Limousin, ob. 591) in a church in the territory of Limoges (western Gaul): her body gave off a sweet fragrance, a miraculous ball of fire appeared over the church, and the possessed declared the presence in the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050); subsequently, a candle at the head of her grave is lit miraculously; the sick are cured there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E06895 | Will of Aredius of Limoges and his mother Pelagia, of 572, containing bequests to churches or oratories dedicated to *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), *Medard (bishop of Vermand buried at Soissons, ob. c. 560, S00168), *Martialis (first bishop of Limoges, S01168), Hilary/Hilarius (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183), *Maximinus (bishop of Trier, ob. c. 347, S00465), and *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035); the clauses of the will are placed under the protection of St Martin. Written in Latin in Limoges (western Gaul). |
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