The Presbyters Project

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Bishops Salonius of Embrun and Sagittarius of Gap gravely misbehave. They are sent to two separate monasteries to atone. Only one cleric accompanies each of them. After some time, they return to their sees and conduct themselves appropriately, albeit only temporarily.

Sed non diu haec sanctitas inlibata permansit, conversique sunt iterum retrorsum; et ita plerumque noctes epulando atque bibendo ducebant, ut, clericis matutinas in eclesia celebrantibus, hi pocula poscerent et vina libarent.

(ed. Krusch 1937: 228)

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This sanctity, however, did not remain intact, and they returned once again [to their previous behaviour]. They spent most of the nights feasting and carousing, and when the clerics celebrated matins in the church, they asked for cups and poured wine.

(trans. Thorpe 1974: 287, altered by J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

Salonius and Sagittarius were sent to the monasteries around 577.

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Tours

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 added the 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 - Clericus

Ritual activity - Divine office/Liturgy of the hours

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

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