medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> St. Nazarius
>
> Fourteenth abbot of the monastery of Lérins, probably sometime during the
> reign of the Merovingian Clotaire II, 584-629. He successfully attacked the
> remnants of heathendom on the southern coast of France, overthrew a
> sanctuary of Venus near Cannes, and founded on its site a convent for women,
> which was destroyed by the Saracens in the eighth century. His name is
> inscribed on the calendar of saints of the French Church, on 18 November.
>
> Note that he's a saint of the Midi and this mentions nothing of the transfer
> of his relics. There's another Nazarius whose info I'll send tout de suite.
Marjorie,
The cathedral at Carcassonne is dedicated to St Nazaire. Presumably the same.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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