Gregory of Tours
Life of the Fathers
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
172 pages
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5.8 x 8.3
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© 1991
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 Gregory’s History of the Franks.
"...a valuable and notable contribution to expanding the amount of source materials for Late Antiquity..."—Patristics
"...a valuable and notable contribution to expanding the amount of source materials for Late Antiquity..."—Patristics
Patristics
"...a valuable and notable contribution to expanding the amount of source materials for Late Antiquity..."
-- Patristics
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Family Trees
Maps
Translation of the Life of the Fathers: Preface
I. About Romanus and Lupicinus, abbots
II. About St Illidius, a bishop
III. About St Abraham, an abbot
IV. About St Quintianus, a bishop
V. About St Portianus, an abbot
VI. About St Gallus [of Clermont], a bishop
VII. About St Gregory [of Langres], a bishop
VIII. About St Nicetius, bishop of Lyons
IX. About St Patroclus, an abbot
X. About St Friardus, a recluse
XI. About St Caluppa, a recluse
XII. About St Aemilianus and Brachio, abbots
XIII. About St Lupicinus, a recluse
XIV. About St Martius, an abbot
XV. About St Senoch, an abbot
XVI. About St Venantius, an abbot
XVII. About St Nicetius, bishop of the Treveri
XVIII. About Ursus and Leobatius, abbots
XIX. About Monegundis, a nun
XX. About Leobardus, a recluse
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index of People and Places
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