Gregory of Tours

Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours

7 dated entries naming Gregory of Tours, drawn from 7 separate years between 516 CE and 594 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 516Hygelac, king of the Geats (Sweden), raids the Lower Rhine, and is defeated by a Frankish force led by Theudebert (according to the "History of the Franks").source
  • 538Gregory of Tours, French bishop, historian (d. 594)source
  • 573Sigibert I appoints Gregory to succeed his mother's cousin, Eufronius, as bishop of Tours (approximate date).source
  • 580Gregory of Tours is brought before a council of bishops, on charges of slandering the Frankish queen Fredegund (approximate date).source
  • 589King Childebert II attempts to impose taxes on the citizens of Tours; Bishop Gregory successfully opposes this by claiming state immunity instituted by Fredegund.source
  • 592Gregory, bishop of Tours, completes his Historia Francorum ("History of the Franks").source
  • 594November 17 – Gregory of Tours, bishop and historiansource

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