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
19. There lived at that time in the city of Langres the blessed
Gregory, a great bishop of God, renowned for his signs and miracles.
And since we have spoken of this bishop, I think it not unpleasing
to insert in this place an account of the site of Dijon, where he
was especially active. It is a stronghold with very solid walls,
built in the midst of a plain, a very pleasant place, the lands rich
and fruitful, so that when the fields are ploughed once the seed is
sown and a great wealth of produce comes in due season. On the south
it has the Ouche, a river very rich in fish, and from the north
comes another little stream, which runs in at the gate and flows
under a bridge and again passes out by another gate, flowing around
the whole fortified place with its quiet waters, and turning with
wonderful speed the mills before the gate. The four gates face the
four regions of the universe, and thirty-three towers adorn the whole
structure, and the wall is thirty feet high and fifteen feet thick,
built of squared stones up to twenty feet, and above of small stone.
And why it is not called a city I do not know. It has all around it
abundant springs, and on the west are hills, very fertile and full of
vineyards, which produce for the inhabitants such a noble Falernian
that they disdain wine of Ascalon. The ancients say this place was
built by the emperor Aurelian.
[20. Betrothal of Theodoric’s son Theodobert to Visigard. 21. The
Franks retake some of the cities taken by Clovis from the Goths. 22.
Theodobert falls in love with Deoteria.]
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