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BIBLICAL PATTERNING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
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GM 99
English The martyr Domitius Domitius is another martyr from this region who, although he offers many blessings to the local inhabitants,...
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GM 94
English The Seven Sleepers at Ephesus Here is an account of seven brothers who are buried at Ephesus. During the reign of the emperor...
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GM 83
English Many years later I received these relics from my mother. While I was travelling from Burgundy to Clermont, a huge storm appeared...
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GM 75
English King Guntramn so dedicated himself to spiritual behavior that he abandoned the trappings of this world and spent his wealth on...
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GM 40
English The Christian who stood before a pagan who was sacrificing There is great value in the name Christian, if you perform in deeds...
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Feb 5, 20246 min read
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DLH I.44
English, pp.93-4 Urbicus was the first Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand after the prelate and preacher Stremonius. He had been converted from a...
Michaela Selway
Sep 22, 20233 min read
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DLH II.2
English: II.II, p.106-7 The next thing which happened was that the Vandals left their homeland and invaded Gaul with Gunderic as their...
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Jul 13, 20235 min read
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DLH II.6
English, p.115 The Huns migrated from Pannonia and laid waste the countryside as they advanced. They came to the town of Metz, so people...
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Jul 13, 20233 min read
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DLH II.34
English: II.34, p. 149-150 At this time Saint Avitus was at the height of his eloquence. Certain heresies began to be current in the town...
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Jul 13, 20235 min read
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DLH II.40
English, p.155-6 While Clovis was resident in Paris he sent secretly to the son of Sigibert, saying: 'Your father is old and he is lame...
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Jul 13, 20236 min read
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DLH IV.5
English, pp.199-200 When the time finally came for Saint Quintianus to die, Saint Gall replaced him on his episcopal throne, with the...
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Jul 13, 20234 min read
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DLH IV.34
English, pp.228-229 I will now tell you something which happened in another monastery at about the same time. I do not propose to give...
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Jul 13, 20235 min read
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DLH IV. 39
English, p.233 Palladius, son of count Britanus, who had died, and of his wife Caesaria, inherited the office of count in Javols, with...
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Jul 13, 20235 min read
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DLH X.29
English, p.590-1 One day he was on a pilgrimage with his mother to the church of Saint Julian the martyr. That evening they reached a...
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Jul 13, 20232 min read
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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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Jul 13, 20239 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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Jul 12, 20235 min read
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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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Jul 12, 20232 min read
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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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Jul 12, 20231 min read
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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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Jul 12, 20238 min read
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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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Jul 12, 20232 min read
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