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Gregory of Tours

American  

noun

  1. Saint, a.d. 538?–594, Frankish bishop and historian.


Gregory of Tours British  

noun

  1. Saint. ?538–?594 ad , Frankish bishop and historian. His Historia Francorum is the chief source of knowledge of 6th-century Gaul. Feast day: Nov 17

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Astronomer Wolfhard Schlosser and Historian Werner Bergmann of Ruhr-University Bochum, in West Germany, were led to their conclusion by the discovery of references to Sirius in the chronicles of a Frankish bishop, Gregory of Tours.

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He had a biography of Cortés; a translation of Gregory of Tours; a study of Victorian murderesses, put out by the Harvard University Press.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Thryth, 37 etc., 238-43 Tours, Gregory of, see Gregory of Tours Uffo, see Offa Ull, 303 Unferth, 27-30 Ursula, 205 Vendel finds, 347 etc.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers

In 1851 appeared his translation of the Historiae of Gregory of Tours, which is the standard German translation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

I find nothing in the notices of Gregory of Tours inconsistent with this.

From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne

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