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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Victor, bishop of Le Mans

Saint ID

S02952

Reported Death Not After

397

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Mothers and fathers, Married but sexually abstinent
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06789The Acts of *Victor (bishop of Le Mans, S02952) and *Victorius (bishop of Le Mans, ob. c. 490, S01280) records the saints' consecutive episcopates as father and son, linking them both closely with *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin, probably at Le Mans or Tours (north-west Gaul), possibly shortly before c. 700.