And if any one asks why there was only one bishop, that is, Litorius, after the death of bishop Gatianus to the time of Saint Martin, let him know that for a long time the city of Tours was without the blessing of a bishop, owing to the resistance of the heathen. For they who lived as Christians at that time celebrated the divine office secretly and in hiding. For if any Christians were found by the heathen they were punished with stripes or slain by the sword. Now from the suffering of the Lord to the passing of Saint Martin, 412 years are included. * * * * * HERE ENDS THE FIRST BOOK CONTAINING 5597 YEARS WHICH ARE RECKONED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE DEATH OF THE HOLY BISHOP MARTIN. FOOTNOTES: [37] A leading belief of Arian Christology. [38] The Arians. [39] The square brackets indicate where less significant sections of the text have been summarized. [40] The Pyramids, apparently. [41] Gregory’s geography is mixed. [42] Psalms cxxxv. 13. [43] Gregory’s purpose is not realized. [44] Jerome’s Chronicle was the source for the history summarized here. It is clear that Gregory had not much sense of the historical perspective in spite of a list of names which might impress his audience. He passes directly from “Servius the sixth king of Rome” to Julius Caesar the founder of the empire. [45] Gregory’s paternal grandmother was Leocadia, who traced her descent from Vectius Epagatus. See _Historia Francorum_ ed. Arndt, Introd. p. 4, in _Monumenta Germaniae Historica_. The story related above was from Gregory’s family tradition. [46] In Hungary. HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF THE SECOND BOOK