Gregory of Tours : life of the fathers
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Gregory of Tours : life of the fathers
(Translated texts for historians, v. 1)
Liverpool University Press, 1991
2nd ed
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-136) and index
Titlepage of reprinted 2015: "Translated with introduction and new foreword by Edward James"
Pagination of reprinted 2015: xxix, 143 p.
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first translation into English of Life of the Fathers, a collection of twenty lives of saints which lives present a cross-section of the Gallic Church and are a counterpart to the secular society described in Gregory's History of the Franks.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Family trees
Maps
Translation of the Life of the Fathers: Preface
I About Romanus and Lupicinus, abbots
II About St Illidius, a bishop
III About St Abraham, an abbot
IV About St Quintianus, a bishop
VAbout St Portianus, an abbot
VI About St GaIlus [of Clermont], a bishop
VIIAbout St Gregory [of Langres], a bishop
VIII About St Nicetius, bishop of Lyons
IX About St Patroclus, an abbot
X About St Friardus, a recluse
XI About St CaIuppa, a recluse
XII About St Aemilianus and Brachio, abbots
XIII About St Lupicinus, a recluse
XIV About St Martius, an abbot
XV About St Senoch, an abbot
XVIAbout St Venantius, an abbot
XVII About St Nicetius, bishop of the Treveri
XVIII About Ursus and Leobatius, abbots
XIX About Monegundis, a nun
XX About Leobardus. a recluse
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index of People and Places
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