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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Gallus/Gall, hermit and disciple of Columbanus, ob. c. 650

Saint ID

S02573

Number in BH

BHL 3245-3258

Reported Death Not Before

615

Reported Death Not After

670

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Hermits/recluses, Miracle-workers in lifetime
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06801The Latin Life of *Gallus (hermit and disciple of Columbanus, ob. c. 650, S02573), surviving in fragmentary form, recounts some of his miracles and his death. Written probably at Sankt Gallen (eastern Gaul), in c. 680, with 8th-c. additions.