Palladius of Saintes
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Palladius or more often in French Pallais was a 6th-century
bishop of Saintes. According to Gregory of Tours, the family of Palladius was wealthy,[1] and had produced several bishops and teachers throughout the 5th century in Gaul.[2]
Palladius plotted against the
Second Council of Mâcon in 585, the assembled bishops agreed to depose Faustianus, and fined Palladius and two other prelates an annual amount to support him. Two years later, Palladius plotted with Fredegund.[5]
Palladius worked effectively toward building churches and obtaining
saints' cults for Eutropius, the first bishop of Saintes, and for the Abbot Martinus who may have studied with Martin of Tours.[8]
In 573, Palladius was a signatory to the
Fourth Council of Paris, and hosted a council within his own diocese in 573. He is last mentioned in 595.[9]
References
- ^ Gregory of Tours, De Gloria Confessorum 40; Bennett, DCBLSD4, p. 177.
- ^ Raymond van Dam, Saints and Their Miracles in Late Antique Gaul (Princeton University Press, 1993), p. 288.
- ^ Gregory, History of the Franks 7.31, 8.2; Bennett, DCBLSD4, p. 177.
- ^ Van Dam, Saints and Their Miracles, p. 288.
- ^ Bennett, DCBLSD4, p. 177.
- ^ Bennett, DCBLSD4, p. 177.
- ^ Van Dam, Saints and Their Miracles, p. 288.
- ^ Van Dam, Saints and Their Miracles, p. 288.
- ^ Bennett, DCBLSD4, p. 177.