History of the FranksGregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint
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History of the Franks
Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint
France -- Church history -- To 987; France -- History -- To 987; Franks -- History -- To 768
[11. Dinamius, governor of Provence, and Theodore, bishop of
Marseilles, quarrel. Childebert supports Theodore and Gunthram
Dinamius. 12. Chilperic takes advantage of the quarrel and seizes
Perigueux, Agen, and a number of other cities belonging to Gunthram.]
13. Lupus, a citizen of Tours, having lost wife and children, desired
to enter the clergy but was prevented by his brother Ambrose who was
afraid that he would leave his property to the church of God if he
were joined to it. Ambrose, persuading him to his harm, provided him
with another wife and appointed the day to meet to give the betrothal
gifts. Then they went together to the town of Chinon where they had a
dwelling. But Ambrose’s wife being an adulteress and loving another
with the love of a lewd woman and hating her husband, made a plot
for him. And when these brothers had feasted together and had drunk
wine in the night until they were intoxicated, they lay down on the
same bed. Then the adulterer came in the night when all were sleeping
heavily because of the wine and setting fire to the straw in order to
see what he was doing, he drew his sword and struck Ambrose on the
head so that the sword went in at his eyes and cut the pillow in two
beneath his head. Lupus was aroused by the blow and finding himself
wallowing in blood, he called in a loud voice saying: “Alas, alas!
Help; my brother is killed.” But the adulterer who had committed the
deed and was now going off, heard this and returned to the bed and
attacked Lupus. Although he resisted he was wounded many times, and
overwhelmed and given a mortal stroke and left half dead. But no one
of the household knew of it. In the morning all were amazed at such
a crime. Lupus however was found to be still alive and after telling
the story as it occurred, he died. But the harlot did not take a long
time to mourn. In a few days she joined her adulterer and departed.
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