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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Paternus, bishop of Avranches, ob. after 556

Saint ID

S02838

Number in BH

BHL 6477

Reported Death Not Before

556

Reported Death Not After

576

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06724Venantius Fortunatus writes the Life of *Paternus (monk, then bishop of Avranches, ob. after 562, S02838), presenting him primarily as an ascetic and founder of the monastery of Sesciacum (northern Gaul). Written in Latin, probably in Poitiers (western) Gaul, possibly in the early 570s, certainly in 568/614.
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.