History of the Franks

Name: History of the Franks
Author: Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint

Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint

France -- Church history -- To 987; France -- History -- To 987; Franks -- History -- To 768

From the beginning to the flood there were 2242 years; from the flood
to Abraham 942 years; from Abraham to the going out of the children
of Israel from Egypt 462 years; from the going of the children of
Israel from Egypt to the building of the temple of Solomon 480
years; from the building of the temple to its desolation and the
migration to Babylon 390 years; from the migration to the passion
of the Lord 668 years; from the passion of the Lord to the death of
St. Martin 412 years; from the death of St. Martin to the death of
King Clovis 112 years; from the death of King Clovis to the death of
Theodobert 37 years; from the death of Theodobert to the death of
Sigibert 29 years. Which make a total of 5774 years.


                      HERE ENDS THE FOURTH BOOK.


FOOTNOTES:

     [54] Sidonius Apollinaris.




              HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF THE FIFTH BOOK

The rule of the younger Childebert; his mother.
Merovech marries Brunhilda.
War with Chilperic; Rauching’s wickedness.
Roccolenus comes to Tours.
The bishops of Langres.
Leonastis, archdeacon of Bourges.
The recluse Senoch.
The holy Germanus, bishop of Paris.
The recluse Caluppa.
The recluse Patroclus.
Conversion of Jews by bishop Avitus.
The abbot Brachio.
Mummulus devastates Limoges.
Merovech after receiving the tonsure flees to St. Martin’s
           church.
War between the Saxons and Suevi.
Death of Macliavus.
The uncertainty about Easter; the church at Chinon; how king
           Gunthram killed Magnachar’s sons and lost his own and then
           allied himself with Childebert.
Bishop Prætextatus and Merovech’s death.
Tiberius’s charities.
Bishops Salunius and Sagittarius.
The Breton Winnoc.
Death of Samson, Chilperic’s son.
Prodigies that appeared.
Gunthram Boso takes his daughters from the church of the holy
           Hilarius and Chilperic attacks Poitiers.
Death of Dacco and of Dracolinus.
The army marches against the Bretons.
Salunius and Sagittarius are degraded.
Chilperic’s taxes.
The ravaging of Brittany.
The rule of Tiberius.
The attacks of the Bretons.
Sacrilege done in the church of St. Denis because of a woman.
Prodigies.
Dysentery and the death of Chilperic’s sons.
Queen Austrechild.
Bishop Eraclius and Count Nanthinus.
Martin, bishop of Galicia.
Persecution of the Christians in the Spains.
Clovis’s death.
Bishops Elafius and Eunius.
Legates from Galicia and prodigies.
Maurilio, bishop of Cahors.
Dispute with a heretic.
Chilperic’s writings.
Death of bishop Agricola.
Death of bishop Dalmatius.
Eunomius becomes count.


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History of the FranksGregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint

History

History of the Franks

Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint

France -- Church history -- To 987; France -- History -- To 987; Franks -- History -- To 768

From the beginning to the flood there were 2242 years; from the flood
to Abraham 942 years; from Abraham to the going out of the children
of Israel from Egypt 462 years; from the going of the children of
Israel from Egypt to the building of the temple of Solomon 480
years; from the building of the temple to its desolation and the
migration to Babylon 390 years; from the migration to the passion
of the Lord 668 years; from the passion of the Lord to the death of
St. Martin 412 years; from the death of St. Martin to the death of
King Clovis 112 years; from the death of King Clovis to the death of
Theodobert 37 years; from the death of Theodobert to the death of
Sigibert 29 years. Which make a total of 5774 years.


                      HERE ENDS THE FOURTH BOOK.


FOOTNOTES:

     [54] Sidonius Apollinaris.




              HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF THE FIFTH BOOK

The rule of the younger Childebert; his mother.
Merovech marries Brunhilda.
War with Chilperic; Rauching’s wickedness.
Roccolenus comes to Tours.
The bishops of Langres.
Leonastis, archdeacon of Bourges.
The recluse Senoch.
The holy Germanus, bishop of Paris.
The recluse Caluppa.
The recluse Patroclus.
Conversion of Jews by bishop Avitus.
The abbot Brachio.
Mummulus devastates Limoges.
Merovech after receiving the tonsure flees to St. Martin’s
           church.
War between the Saxons and Suevi.
Death of Macliavus.
The uncertainty about Easter; the church at Chinon; how king
           Gunthram killed Magnachar’s sons and lost his own and then
           allied himself with Childebert.
Bishop Prætextatus and Merovech’s death.
Tiberius’s charities.
Bishops Salunius and Sagittarius.
The Breton Winnoc.
Death of Samson, Chilperic’s son.
Prodigies that appeared.
Gunthram Boso takes his daughters from the church of the holy
           Hilarius and Chilperic attacks Poitiers.
Death of Dacco and of Dracolinus.
The army marches against the Bretons.
Salunius and Sagittarius are degraded.
Chilperic’s taxes.
The ravaging of Brittany.
The rule of Tiberius.
The attacks of the Bretons.
Sacrilege done in the church of St. Denis because of a woman.
Prodigies.
Dysentery and the death of Chilperic’s sons.
Queen Austrechild.
Bishop Eraclius and Count Nanthinus.
Martin, bishop of Galicia.
Persecution of the Christians in the Spains.
Clovis’s death.
Bishops Elafius and Eunius.
Legates from Galicia and prodigies.
Maurilio, bishop of Cahors.
Dispute with a heretic.
Chilperic’s writings.
Death of bishop Agricola.
Death of bishop Dalmatius.
Eunomius becomes count.


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