Saint Denis

Type:Christian cult place
Certainty:Certain
From:584
To:628
Town:Saint-Denis
Original text:Ursinus optul(it) (S.R., N.T.). Chlothacharius (M.) in Chr(ist)i nomine rex hanc precep[tio]nem sub. Datum ... anno... regni] nostri, Stirpiniaco, f(e)l(iciter) in DOmino, ad vet(us) pal(atium).
Translation text:Chlothar, king of the Franks, to his noble men Chrodegar... [further names, and part of the preamble to the charter are missing, losing the sense of what follows]... should wish to grant by law, with a sound mind, to churches from his own property by charter... [another lacuna]... our Dodo, abbot of the basilica of the holy lord Dionysius, martyr, our personal patron, a deed of Iohannes, a late merchant, son... [another lacuna]... something from his property to the basilica of this Saint Dionysius and the place of his holy relics, within the stronghold of the city of the Paris...'
Site:5926
Type of Christian cult place:Double
Date of foundation to:500

Related attestations

NameOriginal text
Saint-DenisTunc inito placito ad basilicam martyris sancti conveniunt; elevatisque pater manibus super altarium, iuravitque, filiam non esse culpabilem [...] Erant enim maiores natu et primi apud Chilpericum regem.
Saint-DenisPost haec infantulus iunior, dum nimio labore tabescit, extinguetur. Quem cum maximo merore deducentes a Villa Brinnaco Parisius, ad basilicam sancti Dionisi sepelire mandaverunt. Chlodoberthum vero conponentes in feretro, Sessionas ad basilicam sancti Medardi duxerunt, proicientesque eo ad sanctum sepulchrum, voverunt vota pro eo; sed media nocte anilus iam et tenuis spiritum exalavit. Quem in basilica sanctorum Crispini atque Crispiniani martirum sepelierunt.
Saint-DenisQuanta veneratione et amore dilexit Catholiacensem vicum [Catulacensem], in quo Sanctus Dionysius cum sociis suis Rustico & Eleutherio passus est et sepultus, nequaquam silendum esse arbitror. Nam feruens devotio erat ipsi Beatissimae Genoueae, ut in honorem Sancti Dionysii Episcopi et Martyris basilicam construeret