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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Piaton, martyr of Tournai

Saint ID

S02943

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06301Audoin's Life of *Eligius (bishop of Noyon, ob. 660, S02032) records across two books the saint's lay and then episcopal career, his posthumous cult, and many miracles. It provides further evidence for many other cults in 7th-century Gaul. Written in Latin in Gaul, possibly in 660/86, with later additions and emendations.