Life of the FathersLiverpool University Press, 1991 - 143 pages 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. |
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Contents
Preface | 1 |
About St Abraham an abbot | 18 |
About St Quintianus a bishop | 21 |
About St Portianus an abbot | 28 |
About St Gallus of Clermont a bishop | 32 |
About St Gregory of Langres a bishop | 43 |
About St Nicetius bishop of Lyons | 49 |
About St Patroclus an abbot | 65 |
About St Martius an abbot | 90 |
About St Senoch an abbot | 95 |
About St Venantius an abbot | 100 |
About St Nicetius bishop of the Treveri | 104 |
About Ursus and Leobatius abbots | 114 |
About Monegundis a nun | 118 |
About Leobardus a recluse | 126 |
Abbreviations | 131 |
About St Friardus a recluse | 71 |
About St Caluppa a recluse | 77 |
About St Aemilianus and Brachio abbots | 81 |
About St Lupicinus a recluse | 86 |
Bibliography | 132 |
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