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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Delphinus, bishop of Bordeaux, ob. 403

Saint ID

S01852

Reported Death Not Before

400

Reported Death Not After

405

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04767Paulinus of Nola, in many of his fourteen poems (the Natalicia) written in honour of *Felix (priest and confessor of Nola, S00000), identifies Felix as the special protector (patronus) of Nola (southern Italy); the similar role of other saints, in other regions, is detailed in Natalicium 11. Written in Latin, in Hispania and later Nola, between 395 and 408.