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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Married couple of Saintes, who died after baptism

Saint ID

S03012

Reported Death Not Before

400

Reported Death Not After

500

Gender
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Married but sexually abstinent
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E08305Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (59), tells how the sarcophagus in Saintes (western Gaul) of a *Married couple of Saintes, recently baptised (S03012) moved miraculously during the night. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.