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DLH IV.42
English, p.236 Eunius, surnamed Mummolus, was made a patrician by King Guntram. I have decided to go into his early career in some...
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DLH II.32
English, p.145-147 At this time the two brothers Gundobad and Godigisel ruled over the territory round the Rhône and the Saône and the...
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DLH IV.48a
English, p.244 To this day one is still amazed and astonished at the disasters which befell these people. We can only contrast how their...
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DLH IV.48b
English, p.245 Twenty of their number, who did not fear God and bad no respect for the blessed Saint, climbed into a boat and crossed the...
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DLH IV.51a
English, pp.247-8 In that year lightning was observed to flicker across the sky, just as we saw it before Lothar's death. Once he had...
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DLH IV.51b
English, p.248-9 From the Creation to the Flood were two thousand, two hundred and forty-two years. From the Flood to Abraham were nine...
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DLH V.11
English p.267 The joy felt in Clermont was no whit less than that experienced long ago in Jerusalem when the Holy Spirit descended on the...
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DLH V.16
English, p.273-4 The following events occurred in Brittany. Macliaw and Bodic, two Breton chieftains, swore an oath to each other that...
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DLH V.17a
English, p.274 At Chinon, a village in Touraine, the church shook while Mass was being celebrated on the day of our Lord's Resurrection....
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DLH V.17b
English, p.274-5 Soon after this King Guntram sent envoys to his nephew Childebert to sue for peace and to suggest a meeting. Childebert...
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DLH V.18
English, p.277-9 Among their number were two sycophants - it is sad to say this about bishops - who rushed off to the King to report all...
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Jul 12, 20238 min read
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DLH V.20
English, p.285-7 The people revolted against the Bishops Salonius and Sagittarius. These two bad been brought up by Saint Nicetius,...
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DLH V.42
English p.306-7 Maurilio, Bishop of Cahors, suffered badly from gout. He added terrible tortures of his own to the pain which this...
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DLH V.49a
English, p.317-8 The news reached me when I was in the church-house. I was grieved and vexed in spirit. I went into my oratory and picked...
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DLH V.49b
English, p.318-9 In reply Riculf the archdeacon began to shout: 'This fellow tells me to keep my mouth shut, instead of revealing the...
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DLH VIII.4
English, pp.436-7 He went on: 'One thing only I ask of you, who are God's representatives here below: and that is to pray for the Lord's...
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DLH VIII.11
English, pp.441-442 One of the church door-keepers made the following accusation against a colleague: 'My lord- King, this man has...
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DLH VIII.14
English, pp.444 I myself stayed for some time with King Childebert in Coblenz. One night I was obliged to remain at his table until it...
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DLH VIII.15
English, pp.445-447 As I travelled along I came to the town of Carignan and there I was welcomed kindly by the deacon Vulfolaic, 21 who...
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DLH VIII.19
English, pp.451 19. Abbot Dagulf had been convicted time and time again for his crimes, for he was guilty of a great number of robberies...
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