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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Eutropius, bishop of Orange, ob. c. 475

Saint ID

S02393

Number in BH

BHL 2782-2783

Reported Death Not Before

471

Reported Death Not After

474

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06305The Latin Life of *Eutropius (bishop of Orange, ob. c. 474, S02392) by Verus, depicts its subject as an ascetic dedicated to strenuous physical labour, and mentions miracles at his grave in the church that he himself had built and dedicated to *Ioulianos/Julian (martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch, S00305). Written probably in Orange in the early 6th c.
E08368Latin inscribed epitaph of *Eutropius (bishop of Orange, ob. c. 475, S02393), partially preserved, from Orange (southern Gaul), with reference to miracles at his grave. Inscribed at Orange, some time after c. 475.