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E00466: Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (14), recounts the miracles which happened when he deposited relics of *John the Baptist (S00020) in an oratory of the church of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
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posted on 2015-05-05, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiGregory of Tours, Glory of the Martyrs 14
Apud Toronicam vero urbem in oratorium atrii beati Martini, dum ipsius praecursoris reliquias collocaremus, caecus quidam, amminiculo deducente, lumen recepit. Inerguminus vero obtestans virtutem beati Iohannis Martinique antestitis, expulso purgatus est daemone. In hoc oratorium una puellarum, cui officium erat lychni fomenta conponere, adveniens cum cereo, ut haec ageret, est ingressa; conpositumque lychnum atque accensum, adtracta ad se funem, sublimavit in altum, plexisque in nexum laqueis ad parietis clavum, abscessit. Quae dum redit, cereus, quem manu gerebat, extinguitur, regressaque velociter ad cicendilem, cereum non attingebat inluminare neque laqueum funis absolvere. Dum ambigua de ac causa penderet, subito delapsa a cicendile flamma cereum in manu eius inluminavit; et sic officio luminis praeeunte, quo voluit ivit.
Ferunt autem in hoc oratorium a lychno oleum ebullire. Habentur enim et ibi reliquiae sanctae crucis.
'At Tours, while I was depositing relics (reliquias) of the forerunner [John the Baptist] in an oratory located in the forecourt of [the church of] St Martin, a blind man dropped his cane and received his sight. A possessed man called upon the power of the blessed John and bishop Martin and was cleansed after the demon was expelled. One of the girls responsible for filling a lamp with oil entered the oratory, carrying a candle to do her job. After filling and lighting the lamp, she tied a rope to it, hoisted [the lamp] up in the air, fastened [the rope] with a knot looped around a nail in the wall, and left. As she was leaving, the candle in her hand went out. She quickly returned to the lamp, but she did not reach to light the candle or to untie the knot in the rope. While she was uncertain and thought about the dilemma, suddenly a spark fell from the lamp and lit the candle in her hand. So, with the help of the light that preceded her, she went where she wished.
They say that in this oratory oil bubbles over from the lamp. For relics (reliquiae) of the holy cross are also kept there.'
Text: Krusch 1969, 48. Translation: Van Dam 2004, 16, lightly modified.
Apud Toronicam vero urbem in oratorium atrii beati Martini, dum ipsius praecursoris reliquias collocaremus, caecus quidam, amminiculo deducente, lumen recepit. Inerguminus vero obtestans virtutem beati Iohannis Martinique antestitis, expulso purgatus est daemone. In hoc oratorium una puellarum, cui officium erat lychni fomenta conponere, adveniens cum cereo, ut haec ageret, est ingressa; conpositumque lychnum atque accensum, adtracta ad se funem, sublimavit in altum, plexisque in nexum laqueis ad parietis clavum, abscessit. Quae dum redit, cereus, quem manu gerebat, extinguitur, regressaque velociter ad cicendilem, cereum non attingebat inluminare neque laqueum funis absolvere. Dum ambigua de ac causa penderet, subito delapsa a cicendile flamma cereum in manu eius inluminavit; et sic officio luminis praeeunte, quo voluit ivit.
Ferunt autem in hoc oratorium a lychno oleum ebullire. Habentur enim et ibi reliquiae sanctae crucis.
'At Tours, while I was depositing relics (reliquias) of the forerunner [John the Baptist] in an oratory located in the forecourt of [the church of] St Martin, a blind man dropped his cane and received his sight. A possessed man called upon the power of the blessed John and bishop Martin and was cleansed after the demon was expelled. One of the girls responsible for filling a lamp with oil entered the oratory, carrying a candle to do her job. After filling and lighting the lamp, she tied a rope to it, hoisted [the lamp] up in the air, fastened [the rope] with a knot looped around a nail in the wall, and left. As she was leaving, the candle in her hand went out. She quickly returned to the lamp, but she did not reach to light the candle or to untie the knot in the rope. While she was uncertain and thought about the dilemma, suddenly a spark fell from the lamp and lit the candle in her hand. So, with the help of the light that preceded her, she went where she wished.
They say that in this oratory oil bubbles over from the lamp. For relics (reliquiae) of the holy cross are also kept there.'
Text: Krusch 1969, 48. Translation: Van Dam 2004, 16, lightly modified.
History
Evidence ID
E00466Saint Name
Martin, bishop of Tours (Gaul), ob. 397 : S00050 John the Baptist : S00020Saint Name in Source
Martinus praecursorRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miracles Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related textsLanguage
- Latin