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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Lupus, bishop of Sens, ob. c. 620

Saint ID

S02174

Number in BH

BHL 5082-5086

Reported Death Not Before

614

Reported Death Not After

627

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04938The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 1 September.
E06246Ten episcopal charters of debated authenticity, granting privileges of immunity to monasteries, record various dedications to saints at monastic churches in Gaul. Some of the charters note among their precedents the special privileges already enjoyed by the church at Chalon-sur-Saône dedicated to *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323) and 'the place of the saints of Agaune' (north-east Gaul), i.e. its monastery dedicated to *The Theban Legion (martyrs of Agaune, S00339). Written in Latin in Gaul, 637-92.
E0831535 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission.