Gregory of Tours Bishop, Saint
lived 539 - 594
Gregory of Tours was born to an upper-class family in Clement in Central Gaul in c. 539. His father died when he was young, leaving him in the care of his uncle Gallus, and then a priest named Avitus when his mother moved to Burgundy. He spent most of his life in Tours and became the Bishop of Tours in 573. He is most well-known for his work Historia Francorum, written in ungrammatical Latin, which is an important source for the history of the Gauls and Franks. He also wrote hagiographies, most notably about St. Martin of Tours. He died in Tours c. 594. TLM
- Brehaut, Ernest, trans., History of the Franks
- Van Dam, Raymond, trans., Gregory of Tours: Glory of the Martyrs
- Van Dam, Raymond, trans., "Miracle Stories" in appendix, Saints and their Miracles in Late Antique Gaul
- James, Edward, trans., Gregory of Tours: Life of the Fathers
- McDermott, William C., ed., Gregory of Tours: Selection from the Minor Works
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- Van Dam, Raymond, trans., Gregory of Tours: Glory of the Confessors
- Rose, Seraphim, trans.; Bartlett, Paul, trans., Vita Patrum: The Life of the Fathers
- Tierney, Brian, The Middle Ages Volume I: Sources of Medieval History
- Amt, Emilie, ed., Women's Lives in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook 2nd Edition
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- Whalen, Brett Edward, ed., Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader
