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Saints' cults, with their focus on miraculous healings and pilgrimages, were not only a distinctive feature of Christian religion in fifth-and sixth-century Gaul but also a vital force in political and social life. Here Raymond Van Dam uses accounts of miracles performed by SS. Martin, Julian, and Hilary to provide a vivid and comprehensive depiction of some of the most influential saints' cults. Viewed within the context of ongoing tensions between paganism and Christianity and between Frankish kings and bishops, these cults tell much about the struggle for authority, the forming of communities, and the concept of sin and redemption in late Roman Gaul. Van Dam begins by describing the origins of the three cults, and discusses the career of Bishop Gregory of Tours, who benefited from the support of various patron saints and in turn promoted their cults. He then treats the political and religious dimensions of healing miracles--including their relation to Catholic theology and their use by bishops to challenge royal authority--and of pilgrimages to saints' shrines. The miracle stories, collected mainly by Gregory of Tours, appear in their first complete English translations.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Christian saints --- Saints chrétiens --- History --- Cult --- Culte --- Histoire --- Gaul --- Gaule --- Religious life and customs --- Vie religieuse --- History. --- 235.3*23 --- Hagiografie: miracula --- 235.3*23 Hagiografie: miracula --- Saints chrétiens --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Christian --- Christian shrines --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Saints --- Canonization --- Cult&delete& --- Christian saints - Cult - France - History --- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - France - Tours - History --- Martinus ep. Turonensis --- Hilarius ep. Pictaviensis --- Iulianus ep. Cenomannensis --- Gregorius ep. Turonensis --- Aeneid. --- Alternative medicine. --- Amulet. --- Archdeacon. --- Ariamir. --- Arianism. --- Augustine of Hippo. --- Austrasia. --- Baptism of the Lord. --- Brioude. --- Burgundians. --- Burial. --- Caesarius. --- Catholicism. --- Chararic (Frankish king). --- Chlothar I. --- Chlothar II. --- Christianity. --- Church Fathers. --- Clergy. --- Confidant. --- Consecration. --- Deference. --- Desiderius. --- Dysentery. --- Easter. --- Eternal life (Christianity). --- Exorcism. --- Falernian wine. --- Folk healer. --- Fredegund. --- Generosity. --- Georgius. --- God. --- Great martyr. --- Gregorius. --- Gregory of Tours. --- Hagiography. --- Helladius. --- Heresy. --- His Family. --- Historian. --- Humility. --- Intercession. --- Jews. --- Late Antiquity. --- Lent. --- Leprosy. --- Literary criticism. --- Literature. --- Magnus Maximus. --- Marmoutier. --- Martin of Tours. --- Martyr. --- Matricula. --- Merovech. --- Merovingian dynasty. --- Monastery. --- Old Testament. --- Paganism. --- Palladius of Saintes. --- Patron saint. --- Paulinus of Nola. --- Penitential. --- Persecution. --- Peter and Paul. --- Piety. --- Poitiers. --- Pope Gregory I. --- Potion. --- Predestination. --- Procession. --- Putrefaction. --- Radegund. --- Relic. --- Reliquary. --- Remigius. --- Resurrection of the dead. --- Righteousness. --- Rite. --- Roman Gaul. --- Saint. --- School of Graduate Studies (SPS). --- Secularism. --- Self-healing. --- Silvester. --- Slavery. --- Spirituality. --- Suffragan bishop. --- Sulpicius Severus. --- Theodosius I. --- Theology. --- Tomb. --- Tours. --- True Cross. --- Veneration. --- Visigoths. --- Weidemann. --- Word of Faith. --- Writing.