E05870: Gregory of Tours writes the Life of the Fathers, collecting the lives of twenty Gallic bishops, abbots and recluses; written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 573/594. List of the twenty Lives.
Creators: name: Kwojtalik
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2018
Subjects: History

description: Gregory of Tours, Life of the Fathers <br><br><br>(1) Life of *Lupicinus and Romanus (brothers and founders of the Jura monasteries, mid 5th c., S00003)– see $E00003.<br><br>(2) Life of *Illidius (bishop of Clermont, ob. 384/385, S00022) – see E00024.<br>For his burial and rebuilding the crypt with his relics see E00022; for his miracles see E00023 and E00024 and for placing his relics in the altar of an oratory in Tours (north-west Gaul) see E00027.<br><br>(3) Life of *Abraham (abbot at Clermont, ob. 477, S00005) – see $00005 <br>For his church see E00009.<br><br>(4) Life of *Quintianus (bishop of Rodez and Clermont, ob. 525, S00028) – see E00036. <br>For the miracle of his uncle - *Faustus (bishop, probably in Africa, ob. ?, $S00025) - see $E00033; for how he transferred the body of *Amantius (bishop of Rodez, late 5th c., S00026) to a church in Rodez see E00034 and for his burial see E00037.<br><br>(5) Life of *Portianus (abbot in the Auvergne, ob. after 525, S00032) – see E00038.<br><br>(6) Life of *Gallus (bishop of Clermont, ob. 551, S00034) – see E00039. <br>For how he instituted rogations see E00043 and for his death and burial see E00048.<br><br>(7) Life of *Gregory (bishop of Langres, ob. 539/540, S00038) – see E00049. <br>For how he venerated relics of unnamed see E00052; for the translation of his body and his burial see E00053 and for deposition of his relics in the new apse see E00055.<br><br>(8) Life of *Nicetius (bishop of Lyon, ob. 573, S00049) – see E00061. <br>For healing a deacon by a copy of the book of his life see E00059; for his posthumous miracles see E00062, E00067, E00068, E00098 and E00156; for his healing see E00063; for how he appeared in a vision see E00064 and how a deacon collected contact relics from his tomb see E00065.<br><br>(9) Life of *Patroclus (hermit of Berry, ob. 576, S00064) – see E00157. <br>For his foundations see E00158; for his burial see E00159 and for his miracles see E00166.<br><br>(10) Life of *Friardus (recluse near Nantes, ob. 573, S00078) – see E00174. <br>For his fellow see E00176 and for his miracles see E00177.<br><br>(11) Life of *Caluppa (recluse of the Auvergne, ob. 576, S00083) – see E00221.<br><br>(12) Life of *Aemilianus and Brachio (hermit, and monastic founder of the Auvergne and Touraine, ob. 535/550 and 576, S00087) – see E00222. <br>For Brachio learning how to read see E00223 and holding vigils see E00224; for his burial and transfer his relics see E00225.<br><br>(13) Life of *Lupicinus (recluse of Lipidiacum, ob. first half of the 6th c., S00104) – see E00258. <br>For his death see E00261 and his burial see E00262.<br><br>(14) Life of *Martius (abbot near Clermont, ob. 500/510, S00105) – see E00263. <br>For his burial and posthumous miracles see E00264.<br><br>(15) Life of *Senoch (ascetic and miracle-worker near Tours, ob. 576, S00116) – see E00290. <br>For how he made the reliquary fitted its place see E00291; for his death, posthumous cult and miracles see E00293.<br><br>(16) Life of *Venantius (priest and abbot in Tours, ob. late 5th c., S00121) – see E00308. <br>For how he comunicated with the dead in the tomb see $E00309 and for his posthumous miracles see E00310.<br><br>(17) Life of *Nicetius (bishop of Trier, ob. c. 565, S01305) – see $05466. <br>For his miracles see $E05467, $E05470, $E05471, E05472 $E05473 and $E05476; for his visions see $E05468, E05474 and $E05475; for how he was snatched up during his journey $E05469 and for the miracles at his tomb see E05477.<br><br>(18) Life of *Ursus and Leobatius (abbots in Berry and the Touraine, around AD 500, S00137) – see E00332. <br>For how the saints enlighten the world see E00333 and for miracles of Ursus see E00334. <br><br>(19) Life of *Monegundis (female recluse of Chartres and Tours, mid/late 6th c., S00150) – see E00335. <br>For how she venerated relics E00348; for her miracles see E00350 and for her death, burial and posthumous miracles see E00351.<br><br>(20) Life of *Leobardus (recluse of Marmoutier, later 6th c., S00175) – see E00354. <br>For how he decided to leave the secular world see E00355; for the book of his life see E00356; for his death and burial see E00357. <br>