King Euric of the Visigoths persecutes Gallic clerics and priests, AD 466-484. Account of Gregory of Tours, "Histories", Tours (Gaul), AD 573-594.
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II.25
Truncabat passim perversitate suae non consentientis, clericus carceribus subegebat, sacerdotis vero alius dabat exilio, alius gladio trucidabat.
(ed. Krusch 1937: 70)
II.25
Without more ado he cut off the heads of all who would not subscribe to his heretical opinions, he imprisoned the clerics, and the priests (sacerdotes) he either drove into exile or had executed.
(trans. Thorpe 1974: 131, slightly altered by J. Szafranowski)
Discussion:
King Euric invaded Gallic lands several times during his reign (AD 466-484), striking from the Visigothic holdings in Aquitaine. Clermont, for example, was under siege twice (in 475 and 476).
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
About the source:
Author: Gregory of Tours Title: The History of the Franks, Gregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri X, Histories Origin: Tours (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Gregory of Tours (Gaul) wrote his ten books of Histories (known commonly in English as the History of the Franks) during his episcopal reign in Tours between 573 and 594. The books vary in scope and length. The first book covers 5,596 years from the creation of the world to AD 397, that is the death of Saint Martin of Tours, Gregory`s predecessor in bishopric. The second book deals with the history of Gaul between 397 and 511, the latter being the year of death of King Clovis I. The third and fourth books cover the next 64 years till the death of Austrasian King Sigibert II in 575. Finally, the following six books describe exclusively the sixteen years from 575 to 591. Probably in 594, Gregory addedthe list of bishops of Tours in the end of the Histories, with brief accounts of their actions.
Edition:
B. Krusch ed., Gregorii Episcopi Turonensis Historiarum Libri X [in:] Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum Merovingiciarum 1.1, Hannover 1884 (repr. 1951): 1-537.
Translation:
Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks, trans. L. Thorpe, London 1974.
Categories:
Described by a title - Sacerdos/ἱερεύς
Described by a title - Clericus
Relation with - Monarch and royal/imperial family
Administration of justice - Secular
Administration of justice - Capital punishment
Administration of justice - Exile
Administration of justice - Imprisonment
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J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1711, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1711
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