Gregory of Tours : Life of the Fathers

By: Edward James (Commentaries by, Translator)

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Paperback | 1 October 1991 | Edition Number 2

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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 Gregory2s History of the Franks. "...a valuable and notable contribution to expanding the amount of source materials for Late Antiquity..."--Patristics

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Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Family trees
Maps
Translation of the Life of the Fathers: Preface	p. 1
About Romanus and Lupicinus, abbots	p. 3
About St Illidius, a bishop	p. 11
About St Abraham, an abbot	p. 18
About St Quintianus, a bishop	p. 21
About St Portianus, an abbot	p. 28
About St Gallus [of Clermont], a bishop	p. 32
About St Gregory [of Langres], a bishop	p. 43
About St Nicetius, bishop of Lyons	p. 49
About St Patroclus, an abbot	p. 65
About St Friardus, a recluse	p. 71
About St Caluppa, a recluse	p. 77
About St Aemilianus and Brachio, abbots	p. 81
About St Lupicinus, a recluse	p. 86
About St Martius, an abbot	p. 90
About St Senoch, an abbot	p. 95
About St Venantius, an abbot	p. 100
About St Nicetius, bishop of the Treveri	p. 104
About Ursus and Leobatius, abbots	p. 114
About Monegundis, a nun	p. 118
About Leobardus, a recluse	p. 126
Abbreviations	p. 131
Bibliography	p. 132
Index of People and Places	p. 136
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