From Town to Country: The Christianisation of the Touraine 370–600
Clare Stancliffe
When Martin became bishop of Tours c 370, Christianity had already taken root in the town; but surrounding countryside was still untouched by new religion. Although it over fifty years since Constantine first recognised Christianity, and thirty-three a permanent bishop, attention Gallic bishops been distracted Arian heresy, latterly Julian’s revival paganism. therefore to concern himself with conversion countryside, this work continued his successors fifth sixth centuries.
Studies in Church History