Saint / PatronMale
Gregory of Tours
538 – 594
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryGregory of Tours was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history".
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 30, 538
Clermont-Ferrand
Date of death
December 17, 594
Tours
Citizenship
France
Occupations & fields
hagiographerwriterhistorianCatholic priestbishoparchbishop
Notable works
Historia FrancorumVita PatrumLiber in gloria martyrumLiber de passione et virtutibus sancti Iuliani martyrisLibri quattuor de virtutibus sancti Martini episcopiLiber de miraculis beati Andreae apostoli
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