Evidence ID
E02536Saint Name
Martin, ascetic and bishop of Tours (Gaul), ob. 397 : S00050Saint Name in Source
MartinusType of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
LatinEvidence not before
615Evidence not after
626Activity not before
371Activity not after
397Place of Evidence - Region
Iberian PeninsulaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
SevillePlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Seville
Osset
Osset
Osen (castrum)
Osser castrumMajor author/Major anonymous work
Isidore of SevilleCult Activities - Miracles
Miracle during lifetimeCult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Ecclesiastics - bishopsSource
Isidore, bishop of Seville (Iberian Peninsula) composed his Chronica maiora first in 615/616 during the reign of Sisebut. Then he revised and lengthened it in 626 during the reign of Swinthila (see Koon and Wood 2008, and Martín 2005).Discussion
Isidore in the Chronicle inserts the dates from the creation of the world which he correlates with the dates of the reign of kings and emperors. The note about Martin of Tours is dated by him to the reign of Gratian and Valentinian II, which ended in 5581 or 5582 year of the creation (depending on the redaction of the Chronicle).
The note looks identical in both redactions. Isidore derived the information from Prosper of Aquitaine, Chronicle 1175 (E03529).Bibliography
Editions:
J.C. Martín, Isidori Hispalensis Chronica (Corpus Christianorum Series Latina 112; Turnhout 2003).
T. Mommsen, Isidori Iunioris episcopi Hispalensis Chronica maiora ed. primum ad a. DCXV (615) (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Auctores antiquissimi 11; Berlin 1894), 424-488.
Translation:
S. Koon, and J. Wood, "The Chronica Maiora of Isidore of Seville: An introduction and translation", e-Spania 6 (2008); e-spania.revues.org/15552 ; DOI: 10.4000/e-spania.15552.
Further reading:
J.C. Martín, "Les remaniements de la second rédaction de la Chronique d’Isidore de Séville: typologie et motivations", Revue bénédictine 115 (2005), 5-26.