Evidence ID
E05937Saint Name
Vincent/Vincentius, deacon and martyr of Saragossa and Valencia : S00290Saint Name in Source
VincentiusType of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
LatinEvidence not before
659Evidence not after
700Activity not before
628Activity not after
628Place of Evidence - Region
Gaul and Frankish kingdomsPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Tours
Tours
Toronica urbs
Prisciniacensim vicus
Pressigny
Turonorum civitas
Ceratensis vicus
CéréCult activities - Places
Cult building - independent (church)Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Monarchs and their familySource
The work known as the Chronicle of Fredegar dates from the second half of the 7th century. There is a long history of controversy over the questions of how many authors were involved in its compilation and precisely when they worked, but the current consensus is that it was produced by a single author working in one of the Frankish kingdoms at some point after 659 (Collins 1996, 83, 91-96).
While the first three books of the chronicle largely reproduce earlier sources, Book 4 is an original composition, covering events from 584 to 642.Discussion
The church of Vincent at Paris was founded by Childebert I (ob. 558), who was buried there (see E02098). Chlothar II (r. 584-629) was one of several members of the Merovingian dynasty who were buried there in subsequent generations.
On the church, see Vieillard-Troiekouroff 1976, 211-214; Duval et al. 1992, 119-22. For the numerous references to it by Gregory of Tours, see among others E02098, E02190, E02269, E02321.Bibliography
Edition and translation:
Wallace-Hadrill, J.M., The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar (London, 1960).
Further reading:
Collins, R., "Fredegar," in: P.J. Geary (ed.), Authors of the Middle Ages: Historical and Religious Writers of the Latin West, vol. 4, nos. 12-13 (Aldershot, 1996), 73-138.
Duval, N. et al., "Paris," in: N. Gauthier and J.-Ch. Picard (eds.), Topographie chrétienne des cités de la Gaule des origines au milieu du VIIIe siècle, vol. 8: Province ecclésiastique de Sens (Lungdunensis Senonia) (Paris, 1992), 97-129.
Vieillard-Troiekouroff, M., Les monuments religieux de la Gaule d'après les œuvres de Grégoire de Tours (Paris, 1976).