Gatianus of Tours

When did Gatianus die?

Gatianus of Tours is dated d. c. AD 301 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Gatianus in the Ante-Nicene Church (AD 180–313). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

Which early sources mention Gatianus?

Gatianus of Tours is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Gregory of Tours. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Gatianus from?

The archive associates Gatianus of Tours with Tours.

Who were Gatianus’ contemporaries?

The archive links Gatianus of Tours to 2 other figures, including Denis of Paris and Saturninus of Toulouse. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

[First attested ~340 years later — Gregory of Tours, writing c. 594, is the earliest record of the mission he dates to the age of Decius.] At this time seven men were ordained as bishops and sent into the Gauls to preach… These bishops were sent: bishop Catianus to Tours; bishop Trophimus to Arles; bishop Paul to Narbonne; bishop Saturninus to Toulouse; bishop Dionisius to Paris; bishop Stremonius to Clermont; bishop Martial to Limoges.