Martial of Limoges

When did Martial die?

Martial of Limoges is dated d. c. AD 250 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Martial 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 Martial?

Martial of Limoges is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from The Hieronymian compilers and Gregory of Tours. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Martial from?

The archive associates Martial of Limoges with Limoges.

Who were Martial’s contemporaries?

The archive links Martial of Limoges to 3 other figures, including Denis of Paris, Paul of Narbonne and Austromoine of Clermont. 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.