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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Galswinth, Visigothic princess, wife of Chilperic, ob. c.569/570

Saint ID

S02996

Reported Death Not Before

569

Reported Death Not After

570

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Monarchs and their family
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E08292Gregory of Tours in his Histories (4.28), and Venantius Fortunatus in a poem (6.5) On Galswinth, recount how a lamp burning before the grave of *Galswinth (Visigothic princess, wife of King Chilperic, ob. c.569/570, S02996), fell to the ground but miraculously remained intact. Written in Latin in north-west Gaul, 569/594.