E02101: Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (4.32), records the death of *Julianus (ascetic and miracle-worker of Randan near Clermont, S01167) in 571, whom Gregory himself had seen curing a demoniac in the church of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035) in Brioude; all in central Gaul. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594.

Gregory of Tours, Histories (Historiae) 4.32

Erat tunc temporis apud Randanensim monasterium civitatis Arvernae presbiter praeclarae virtutis Iulianus nomine, vir magnae abstinentiae, qui neque vinum neque ullum pulmentum utebatur, cilicio omni tempore sub tunicam habens, in vigiliis promtus, in oratione assiduus; cui inerguminos curare, caecos illuminare vel reliquas infirmitates depellere per invocationem dominici nominis et signaculum sanctae crucis facile erat. Idem cum stando pedes ab humore haberet infectos et ei diceretur, cur contra possibilitatem corporis semper staret, dicere cum ioco spirituali erat solitus: 'Faciunt opus meum, dum et vita comis est, nec me eorum sustentatio, Domino iubente, relinquid'. Nam videmus eum quadam vice in basilica beati Iuliani martyris inerguminum verbo tantum curasse. Quartanariis et aliis febribus saepe per orationem remedia conferebat. Qui sub hoc tempore lues dierum atque virtutum plenus ex hoc mundo est adsumptus in requie.

'At that time there lived in the monastery of Randan near the city of Clermont a priest called Julianus who had extraordinary miraculous power (praeclara virtus). He was most temperate in his personal habits, never drinking wine, never eating meat, always wearing a hair-shirt under his tunic, constant in his vigils, perpetually at prayer. To him it was a simple thing to cure the possessed (inerguminos), to restore sight to the blind and to heal all other infirmities by calling on the name of our Lord or by making the sign of the Holy Cross. Through long standing his feet were swollen with dropsical fluid, but when he was asked why he stood longer than his bodily strength permitted he used to answer wittily enough: "As long as life is in me, my feet will serve me well enough, and by God’s grace they will not fail to support me." Once in the church of saint Julian the martyr I myself saw him heal a possessed man by uttering a single word. Often he would relieve quartan fevers and other such diseases by prayer. At this time of plague he was taken from this world to his rest, full of days and famous for his miracles.'

Text: Krusch and Levison 1951, 166. Translation: Thorpe 1974, 227, lightly modified.