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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Orientius, bishop of Auch, 5th c.

Saint ID

S01319

Number in BH

BHL 6344-6349

Reported Death Not Before

400

Reported Death Not After

500

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.
E02777Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (105-107), lists in the opening table of contents chapters on *Tetricus (bishop of Langres, ob. 568/573, S00044), *Orientius (bishop of Auch, 5th c., S01319) and *Quiteria (virgin saint, S01320), but there are no such chapters in any of the surviving manuscripts of this work. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.