The Presbyters Project

IX.33

Ingytrudis, abbess of the nunnery in Tours, quarreled with her daughter Berthegundis. Ingytrudis came to King Childebert to disinherit her daughter from any part of her father's, Ingytrudis' late husband, possessions. King Childebert orders that the inheritance be devided between both women, with Berthegundis receiving one quarter of the whole.

In qua causa Theutharius presbiter, qui nuper, ex referendario Sigyberthi regis conversus, praesbiterii honorem accepit, accessit, ut hanc divisionem iuxta regis imperium celebraret.

(ed. Krusch 1937: 454)

IX.33

The presbyter Theutharius, who had been one of King Sigibert's referendaries but had since converted [to religious life] and accepted a presbyterial honour, came at King Childebert's command to make the division [of the property between the mother and the daughter].

(trans. Thorpe 1974: 521, altered by J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

Judging by the place of this passus in Gregory's narrative, these events took place in 589.

King Sigibert died in 575.

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:

Functions within the Church - Presbyter at court

PR873.

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

PR873.

Public functions and offices before ordination

PR873.

Public functions and offices after ordination - Court office

PR873.

Public functions and offices after ordination - Envoy

PR873.

Relation with - Monarch and royal/imperial family

PR873.

Public functions and offices after ordination - Administering secular property

PR873.

Public functions and offices after ordination - Public trustee/Mediator

PR873.

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