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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Libertinus, abbot of Fondi, mid-6th c.

Saint ID

S01708

Reported Death Not Before

553

Reported Death Not After

590

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Miracle-workers in lifetime, Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04383Gregory the Great writes the Dialogues, recounting miraculous stories with various local saints as their subject. Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593. Overview entry.
E04428Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (1.2), describes three miracles effected by *Libertinus (abbot of Fondi, mid 6th c., S01708) in Funda/Fondi, southern Italy; one of these, the raising from the dead of a boy, was aided by a sandal of *Honoratus (founder and abbot of Fondi, earlier 6th c., S01662), which Libertinus carried with him. Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593.
E04457Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues, recounts a number of miraculous stories, and considers the nature of miracles. Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593.