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Gregory of Tours

c. 538 – 594 · b. Clermont · Bishop of Tours
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Bishop of Tours and principal historian of the Merovingian Franks. Author of the Decem Libri Historiarum (History of the Franks) and hagiographic works including the Glory of the Martyrs and Glory of the Confessors.

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Who was Gregory of Tours?
Gregory of Tours (538–594) — Bishop of Tours and principal historian of the Merovingian Franks. Author of the Decem Libri Historiarum (History of the Franks) and hagiographic works including the Glory of the Martyrs and Glory of the Confessors.
Who did Gregory of Tours meet?
Venantius Fortunatus.

Sources for biography

  • Gregory of Tours, Decem Libri Historiarum primary
  • Gregory of Tours, Liber in Gloria Martyrum primary

documented connections(3)

  • met (incoming) Venantius Fortunatus
    Fortunatus was a close friend of Gregory of Tours; Gregory mentions him repeatedly and Fortunatus dedicated poems to him.
    Gregory of Tours, Hist. Franc. 5.8; 9.39 · Venantius Fortunatus, Carmina 5.8a
  • cited Sulpicius Severus
    Gregory uses Sulpicius's Vita Martini extensively as the source for his own four books of miracles of Saint Martin and cites it explicitly.
    Gregory of Tours, Libri de virtutibus sancti Martini, prologue and 1.2 · Gregory of Tours, Hist. Franc. 1.36; 1.39; 10.31
  • cited Augustine of Hippo
    Gregory cites Augustine's De civitate Dei and Augustine's exegesis at several points in his Histories and miracle books.
    Gregory of Tours, Hist. Franc. 1 prologue · Heinzelmann, Gregory of Tours: History and Society in the Sixth Century (CUP 2001), pp. 110-114

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