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E02547: Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (9), tells how *Aredius (monk of Limoges, ob. 591, S00302) used oil from the tomb in Tours of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) to effect miraculous cures in the region of Limoges (western Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
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posted on 2017-03-10, 00:00 authored by BryanGregory of Tours, Glory of the Confessors 9
Aredius, a priest of great holiness from Limoges, told Gregory stories of the miraculous power of oil from the tomb of Martin. He had taken a vial of this oil (ampullam olei) during a visit to Tours in the time of Gregory's immediate predecessor, Bishop Eufronius (556-573). After returning home, he was struck by a piercing pain, so:
Conversus vero ad oratorium, in quo beati antestitis reliquiae tenebantur, deductam in vigiliis noctem, mane de oleo quod attulerat locum infirmitatis inunctum, sedato dolore, convaluit. Post haec quidam manum inflatam, ab spina percussam detulit, quae protinus ut de oleo dilibuta est, incolomitati donatur. Mulier, quae sensum perdiderat et quibusdam horis daemonium putabatur habere, de hoc oleo facta, sanata est. Nam et alius abba eiusdem cellulae proximus de hoc oleo caeci oculos adtigit, qui protinus visum recepit. Sed et cum multos inerguminos exinde restituisset sanitati, uni , qui atrociorem, ut credo, daemonem habebat, super caput de oleo posuit. Ilico daemonem per fluxum ventris egessit; alteri in ungula pollicis daemonium discendit. Quo viso, presbiter super digitum oleum infudit, mox disrupto corio, sanguine defluente, discessit.
'He turned to the oratory in which relics of the blessed bishop were kept, and after spending the night in vigils at daybreak he smeared the spot of his pain with the oil that he had brought. The pain lessened, and he recovered. Later a man presented his hand that had swelled up after being pierced by a thorn; as soon as it was smeared with oil, it was restored to health. A woman who had lost her senses and was thought to possess a demon at certain hours was healed after being touched by this oil. Another abbot who [lived] next to this shrine touched the eyes of a blind man with this oil; the blind man immediately recovered his sight. Since the oil had restored many possessed people to health, he placed some of it on the head of one man who possessed, I think, a more hideous demon. Immediately the man expelled the demon in a blast of air from his bowels. A demon descended upon another man in the nail of his thumb. When he saw this, the priest [Aredius] poured oil over the finger. Soon the skin broke, blood flowed, and the demon left.'
Text: Krusch 1969, 303-304. Translation: Van Dam 2004, 9-10.
Aredius, a priest of great holiness from Limoges, told Gregory stories of the miraculous power of oil from the tomb of Martin. He had taken a vial of this oil (ampullam olei) during a visit to Tours in the time of Gregory's immediate predecessor, Bishop Eufronius (556-573). After returning home, he was struck by a piercing pain, so:
Conversus vero ad oratorium, in quo beati antestitis reliquiae tenebantur, deductam in vigiliis noctem, mane de oleo quod attulerat locum infirmitatis inunctum, sedato dolore, convaluit. Post haec quidam manum inflatam, ab spina percussam detulit, quae protinus ut de oleo dilibuta est, incolomitati donatur. Mulier, quae sensum perdiderat et quibusdam horis daemonium putabatur habere, de hoc oleo facta, sanata est. Nam et alius abba eiusdem cellulae proximus de hoc oleo caeci oculos adtigit, qui protinus visum recepit. Sed et cum multos inerguminos exinde restituisset sanitati, uni , qui atrociorem, ut credo, daemonem habebat, super caput de oleo posuit. Ilico daemonem per fluxum ventris egessit; alteri in ungula pollicis daemonium discendit. Quo viso, presbiter super digitum oleum infudit, mox disrupto corio, sanguine defluente, discessit.
'He turned to the oratory in which relics of the blessed bishop were kept, and after spending the night in vigils at daybreak he smeared the spot of his pain with the oil that he had brought. The pain lessened, and he recovered. Later a man presented his hand that had swelled up after being pierced by a thorn; as soon as it was smeared with oil, it was restored to health. A woman who had lost her senses and was thought to possess a demon at certain hours was healed after being touched by this oil. Another abbot who [lived] next to this shrine touched the eyes of a blind man with this oil; the blind man immediately recovered his sight. Since the oil had restored many possessed people to health, he placed some of it on the head of one man who possessed, I think, a more hideous demon. Immediately the man expelled the demon in a blast of air from his bowels. A demon descended upon another man in the nail of his thumb. When he saw this, the priest [Aredius] poured oil over the finger. Soon the skin broke, blood flowed, and the demon left.'
Text: Krusch 1969, 303-304. Translation: Van Dam 2004, 9-10.
History
Evidence ID
E02547Saint Name
Martin, ascetic and bishop of Tours (Gaul), ob. 397 : S00050 Aredius, monk of Limoges, ob. 591 : S00302Saint Name in Source
Martinus ArediusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related textsLanguage
- Latin