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Saint Vivian (other)
Saint Vivian may refer to: * Saint Vimin (died 579), Scottish abbot and bishop * Saint Bibiana (died c. 360), Roman virgin and martyr See also * Saint Vivianus Vivianus (also Bibianus; died c. 490) was an early saint of the French (Francian) church and the first known bishop of Saintes The former French diocese of Saintes existed from the 6th century to the French Revolution. Its bishops had their se ... * Saint-Vivien (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vimin
Saint Vimin (or Gwynnin, Vimianus, Viminus, Vimmin, Vinim, Vivian, Wynnia, Wynnin; died 579) was a Scottish abbot and bishop. He is said to have founded Holywood Abbey in Fife, Scotland. However, there are no reliable sources for his life. His feast day is 21 January. Name and heritage The parish of Kirkgunzeon in southwest Scotland was called Kirkwynnin in 1200. William J. Watson (1865–1948) states that the name appears to combine ''kirk'' (church) with the Welsh form of ''Finnén'', an affectionate name for Findbarr of Moyville, also called Findia. Findbarr's death was recorded in 579 as "quies Uinniani episcopi" (Bishop Uinniani died). The nearby Kylliemingan probably is '' Cill m'Fhinnéin'', meaning "my Finnén's church." Monks of Ramsgate accounts The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921), Butler's account The hagiographer Alban Butler Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Bibiana
Saint Bibiana (Bibiane, Viviana, or Vivian) is a ancient Rome, Roman Virgin (title)#Virgin martyrs, Virgin martyr. The earliest mention in an authentic historical authority occurs in the ''Liber Pontificalis'', where the biography of Pope Simplicius (468–483) states that this pope "consecrated a basilica of the holy martyr Bibiana, which contained her body, near the 'palatium Licinianum'" (ed. Duchesne, I, 249). The Santa Bibiana, Basilica of Santa Bibiana is dedicated to her. Legend According to legend, Bibiana was the daughter of a former prefect, Flavianus, who was banished by Julian the Apostate. His wife Dafrosa, and two daughters, Demetria and Bibiana, were also persecuted by Julian. Dafrosa and Demetria died a natural death and were buried by Bibiana in their own house; but Bibiana was tortured and died as a result of her sufferings. Two days after her death a priest named John buried Bibiana near her mother and sister in her home, the house being later transformed into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Vivianus
Vivianus (also Bibianus; died c. 490) was an early saint of the French (Francian) church and the first known bishop of Saintes The former French diocese of Saintes existed from the 6th century to the French Revolution. Its bishops had their see in the cathedral of Saintes in western France, in the modern department of Charente-Maritime. After the Concordat of 1801, the .... A brief ''Life'' of his dated to the mid 6th century was edited by Krush in 1896.MGH, SRM 3 (1896), 94-100. Krusch thought the text dated to the Carloingina period, but it is now typically dated to about the same time as Gregory's ''Glory of the Confessors'', see Raymond Van Dam (ed., trans.), Volume 4 of Latin series, Translated Texts for Historians Series, Liverpool University Press, 1988p. 42, fn. 63 He is also mentioned by Gregory of Tours later in the 6th century, who refers to the earlier text, saying "a book that has already been written about his life narrates the bulk of his miracles". Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
