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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Gaudentius, bishop of Novara in Northern Italy, died 417

Saint ID

S01531

Number in BH

BHL 3278-3278a

Reported Death Not Before

417

Reported Death Not After

417

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03237The Latin Life of *Gaudentius (bishop of Novara, ob. 417, S01531) narrates Gaudentius’ association with *Laurentius (priest and martyr of Novara, S02438), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, S00050), *Eusebius (bishop of Vercelli, S01219) and *Ambrose (bishop of Milan, S00490); his miracles, appointment as bishop of Novara (northern Italy) and incomplete building of a basilica; after his death, the miracles performed by his uncorrupt body on display in the church of the mother of God (*Mary, mother of Christ, S00033), then in a tomb in the finished basilica. Written presumably in Novara, at an uncertain date, perhaps in the late 7th or early 8th c., and by the 9th c. at the latest.