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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Athala/Atala, second abbot of Bobbio (northern Italy), ob. 625/6

Saint ID

S01948

Reported Death Not Before

625

Reported Death Not After

626

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Miracle-workers in lifetime
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E07615Jonas' Lives of *Columbanus (monk and missionary in Ireland, Gaul and Italy, ob. 615, S01983) and his Disciples records the life, miracles and death of the saint, followed by accounts of miracles performed through *Athala (second abbot of Bobbio (northern Italy), ob. 625/6 S01948), *Eustasius (second abbot of Luxeuil (eastern Gaul), ob. 629, S02255) and *Bertulf (third abbot of Bobbio, ob. 639, S02828), together with those that took place among the nuns of Faremoutiers (northern Gaul). Written in Latin, possibly at Marchiennes (north-east Gaul), 642/3.