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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Iustus/Justus, bishop of Lyon, ob. c. 390

Saint ID

S02411

Number in BH

BHL 4599-4600

Reported Death Not Before

382

Reported Death Not After

395

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00064Gregory of Tours, in his Life of *Nicetius (bishop of Lyon, ob. 573, S00049), recounts how Nicetius, in a vision and aided by *Iustus and *Eucherius (earlier bishops of Lyon, S02411 and S01995), asserted the value of his dead body and punished a critical priest; in Lyon (south-east Gaul), 573. From Gregory's Life of the Fathers (8.5), written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594.
E04881The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 14 July.
E04907The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 4 August.
E04939The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 2 September.
E04986The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 14 October.
E04993The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 21 October.
E06326The Latin short recension of the Life of *Iustus (bishop of Lyon, ob. c. 390, S02411) recounts Iustus' departure from his see of Lyon (south-east Gaul) to live incognito as an ascetic in Egypt, his life in Egypt, his recognition by a pilgrim from Lyon, and the translation of his remains to Lyon after his death. Written in Gaul, probably in the 5th c. Full text, and full English translation.
E06705Sidonius Apollinaris in his Letter 5.17 to Eriphius, of 469/477, writes of the church over the tomb of *Iustus/Justus (bishop of Lyon, ob. c. 390, S02411) in Lyon (south-east Gaul) and how he attended there a feast of the saint. Written in Latin, probably at Clermont (central Gaul).
E07090Avitus of Vienne, in Letter 68 of his correspondence, is invited by Bishop Viventiolus of Lyon to the feast of *Iustus (bishop of Lyon, ob. c. 390, S02411). Written in Latin in Lyon (south-east Gaul), 514/518.
E08076Five relic labels at the monastery of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (south-east Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th c., for relics of various Gallic and Italian saints. Written in Latin, either where the relics originated, or at Saint-Maurice d'Agaune.
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.