Saint Gregory of Tours, bishop and writer whose Ten Books of Histories is the major 6th-century source for studying the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks. His writings demonstrate his concern with church legislation, and he was known for his promotion of the cults of numerous saints.
History of the Franks.
Saint Gregory of Tours was born in 538 in what is now Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne region of central France. A Gallo-Roman who spoke Latin as his native language, he was ordained as a deacon in 563 and was bishop of Tours from 573 until his death in 594. Gregory's Historia Francorum (History of the Franks) is a major source for the history of France under the Merovingians (ruled from the ...
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Saint Gregory of Tours, bishop and writer whose Ten Books of Histories is the major 6th-century source for studying the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks. His writings demonstrate his concern with church legislation, and he was known for his promotion of the cults of numerous saints.
Saint Gregory of Tours was born in 538 in what is now Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne region of central France. A Gallo-Roman who spoke Latin as his native language, he was ordained as a deacon in 563 and was bishop of Tours from 573 until his death in 594. Gregory's Historia Francorum (History of the Franks) is a major source for the history of France under the Merovingians (ruled from the ...