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E02148: Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.34), records in the year 580: the death of Dagobert, son of King Chilperic and Fredegund, and his burial in Paris in the church of *Dionysius/Denis (bishop and martyr of Paris, S00349); how Chilperic and Fredegund carried their sick elder son, Chlodobert, to the church of *Medard (bishop of Noyon buried at Soissons, ob. 557/558, S00168) in Soissons (northern Gaul) and made vows for their child's recovery; his death and burial in Soissons, in the church of *Crispinus and Crispinianus, (martyrs of Soissons, S01174). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
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posted on 2016-12-19, 00:00 authored by kwojtalikGregory of Tours, Histories (Historiae) 5.34
Post haec infantulus iunior, dum nimio labore tabescit, extinguetur. Quem cum maximo merore deducentes a villa Brinnaco Parisius, ad basilicam sancti Dionisi sepelire mandaverunt. Chlodoberthum vero conponentes in feretro, Sessionas ad basilicam sancti Medardi duxerunt, proicientesque eo ad sanctum sepulchrum, voverunt vota pro eo; sed media nocte anilus iam et tenuis spiritum exalavit. Quem in basilica sanctorum Crispini atque Crispiniani martirum sepelierunt.
'Meanwhile their [Chilperic and Fredegund's] youngest baby [Dagobert] wasted away before the onslaught of the disease and finally died. With broken hearts they carried him to Paris from their estate at Berny, and buried him in the church of Saint Denis. As for Chlodobert, they placed him on a stretcher and carried him to the church of Saint Medard in Soissons. They set him down before the saint's tomb and made vows for his recovery, but he died in the middle of the night, worn to a shadow and hardly drawing breath. They buried him in the church of the holy martyrs Crispin and Crispinian.'
Text: Krusch and Levison 1951, 240-241. Translation: Thorpe 1974, 298, lightly modified.
Post haec infantulus iunior, dum nimio labore tabescit, extinguetur. Quem cum maximo merore deducentes a villa Brinnaco Parisius, ad basilicam sancti Dionisi sepelire mandaverunt. Chlodoberthum vero conponentes in feretro, Sessionas ad basilicam sancti Medardi duxerunt, proicientesque eo ad sanctum sepulchrum, voverunt vota pro eo; sed media nocte anilus iam et tenuis spiritum exalavit. Quem in basilica sanctorum Crispini atque Crispiniani martirum sepelierunt.
'Meanwhile their [Chilperic and Fredegund's] youngest baby [Dagobert] wasted away before the onslaught of the disease and finally died. With broken hearts they carried him to Paris from their estate at Berny, and buried him in the church of Saint Denis. As for Chlodobert, they placed him on a stretcher and carried him to the church of Saint Medard in Soissons. They set him down before the saint's tomb and made vows for his recovery, but he died in the middle of the night, worn to a shadow and hardly drawing breath. They buried him in the church of the holy martyrs Crispin and Crispinian.'
Text: Krusch and Levison 1951, 240-241. Translation: Thorpe 1974, 298, lightly modified.
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Evidence ID
E02148Saint Name
Denis, Dionysius bishop of Paris and martyr, ob. c.250 : S00349 Medard of Soissons, bishop of Vermandois/Noyon in Gaul, ob. 557/558 : S00168 Crispinus and Crispinianus, martyrs at Soissons, ob. 285/286 AD : S01174Saint Name in Source
Dionisius Medardus Crispinus atque CrispinianusRelated Saint Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Dionysius_Denis_bishop_and_martyr_of_Paris_and_his_companions_Rusticus_and_Eleutherius/13730071
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Medard_bishop_of_Noyon_buried_at_Soissons_ob_557_558/13729582
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Crispinus_and_Crispinianus_martyrs_of_Soissons_Gaul_/13732288