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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Apollinaris, bishop of Valence, ob. 520

Saint ID

S02104

Number in BH

BHL 634-636

Reported Death Not Before

518

Reported Death Not After

533

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04977The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 5 October.
E06687The Latin Life of *Apollinaris (bishop of Valence, ob. c. 525, S00582) recounts his conflict with King Sigismund of the Burgundians, and his visit to Arles and Marseille shortly before his death, with various attendant miracles. Written in southern Gaul, probably in the second quarter of the 6th century.