Gregory of Tours

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Frankish prelate and historian who produced a valuable history of the sixth-century Franks.

Gregory of Tours

(Biographies / Gregory of Tours, Saint (?538-?594) M, Frankish, RELIGION: bishop, HISTORY: historian, RELIGION: saint) 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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Flagpole sitter saint			Nilus the Elder of Sinai and Gregory of Tours stressed the sinfulness of resorting to medicine instead of trusting to the intercession of saints. Who killed Neil Beagley? by Granados, Luis / The Humanist The fifth century historian, Gregory of Tours, on the other hand, is not so much interested in the condemned as in the execution as social fact. The literature of capital punishment by Phillips, Tom / Contemporary Review She provides us with Gregory of Nyssa's life of his sister, Macrina; a generous selection of Saint Jerome's writings on the ascetic women of his era in Rome, Egypt, and Palestine; Palladius's lives of Melania the Elder and Melania the Younger; Gerontius's Life of the Holy Macrina; and, finally, early medieval Gallic documents relating to the life of the royal Radegunde, written by such luminaries as Gregory of Tours and Venantius Fortunatus (the fine hymnist). The Struggle for Theology's Soul: Contesting Scripture in Christology by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal			gregarious gregariously gregariousness Grege Greggoe Gregor Mendel Gregorian Gregorian calendar Gregorian calendar month Gregorian chant Gregorian mode Gregorian modes Gregorian telescope Gregorian tone Gregorian year Gregorianist Gregory Gregory Goodwin Pincus Gregory I Gregory IX Gregory John Norman Gregory Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Tours Gregory Pincus Gregory the Great Gregory VII Gregory XII Gregory XIII Gregory XVI Gregory's powder greige Greillade greisen Greit Greith gremial gremlin Grenada Grenada dollar grenade grenade thrower Grenadian grenadier Grenadillo grenadine Grenadines Grenado Grendel			Gregory Goodwin Pincus Gregory I Gregory I Gregory I of Constantinople Gregory I of Constantinople Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, Saint Gregory II, Saint Gregory IX Gregory IX Gregory John Norman Gregory mendel Gregory Nazianzen Gregory Nazianzen Gregory Nazianzen, Saint Gregory Nazianzus Gregory Nazianzus Gregory of Narek Gregory of Nazianus Gregory of Nazianus Gregory of Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Gregory of Saint Vincent Gregory of Tours Grégory of Tours Grégory of Tours Gregory of Tours, Saint Gregory Orloff Gregory Orlov Gregory Palamas Gregory Pincas Gregory Pincus Gregory Sinaites Gregory Terrace Old Boys' Association Gregory the Great Gregory the Great Gregory the Illuminator Gregory the Illuminator, Saint Gregory the Theologian Gregory the Theologian Gregory Town Gregory VII Gregory VII Gregory VII, Saint Gregory VII, Saint Gregory W Parker Gregory W Parker Gregory W Parker Gregory X Gregory XI Gregory XII Gregory XII Gregory XIII Gregory XIII

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