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E07789: Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (3.5-6), states that the Burgundian king Sigismund went to the monastery of the *Theban legion (S00339) at Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (eastern Gaul) to pray for forgiveness after killing his son in 522, and established the custom of perpetual psalm-singing there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594.
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posted on 2019-09-17, 00:00 authored by dlambertGregory of Tours, Histories (Historiae) 3.5-6
Gregory describes how Sigismund had his son Sigiric killed, at the instigation of his second wife, Sigiric's stepmother. He is then overcome with grief and withdraws to the monastery of the Theban legion at Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (which he had founded a few years earlier, and whose foundation was described by Gregory earlier in the same chapter). He establishes the perpetual singing of psalms there.
Nihilominus ille ad sanctus Acaunenses abiens, per multus dies in fletu et ieiuniis durans, veniam praecabatur. Psallentium ibi assiduum instituens, Lugduno regressus est, ultione divina de vestigio prosequente.
'Nonetheless, he [Sigismund] went off to the saints of Agaune, and spending many days in weeping and fasting, he prayed for forgiveness. After establishing the perpetual singing of psalms there, he returned to Lyon, with divine vengeance following in his footsteps.'
In the next chapter (3.6), Gregory describes how a few months later the Frankish king Chlodomer attacked the Burgundian kingdom and defeated Sigismund and his brother Godomar. Godomar escapes.
Sigimundus vero, dum ad Sanctos Acaunos fugire nititur, a Chlodomere captus cum uxore et filiis captivus abducitur ...
'But Sigismund, while trying to flee to the Saints of Agaune, was captured and led away a captive with his wife and children by Chlodomer ...'
Chlodomer subsequently has Sigismund and his family killed, and their bodies thrown down a well.
Text: Krusch and Levison 1951, 101-102. Translation: David Lambert.
Gregory describes how Sigismund had his son Sigiric killed, at the instigation of his second wife, Sigiric's stepmother. He is then overcome with grief and withdraws to the monastery of the Theban legion at Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (which he had founded a few years earlier, and whose foundation was described by Gregory earlier in the same chapter). He establishes the perpetual singing of psalms there.
Nihilominus ille ad sanctus Acaunenses abiens, per multus dies in fletu et ieiuniis durans, veniam praecabatur. Psallentium ibi assiduum instituens, Lugduno regressus est, ultione divina de vestigio prosequente.
'Nonetheless, he [Sigismund] went off to the saints of Agaune, and spending many days in weeping and fasting, he prayed for forgiveness. After establishing the perpetual singing of psalms there, he returned to Lyon, with divine vengeance following in his footsteps.'
In the next chapter (3.6), Gregory describes how a few months later the Frankish king Chlodomer attacked the Burgundian kingdom and defeated Sigismund and his brother Godomar. Godomar escapes.
Sigimundus vero, dum ad Sanctos Acaunos fugire nititur, a Chlodomere captus cum uxore et filiis captivus abducitur ...
'But Sigismund, while trying to flee to the Saints of Agaune, was captured and led away a captive with his wife and children by Chlodomer ...'
Chlodomer subsequently has Sigismund and his family killed, and their bodies thrown down a well.
Text: Krusch and Levison 1951, 101-102. Translation: David Lambert.
History
Evidence ID
E07789Saint Name
Theban Legion, commanded by *Maurice, martyrs of Agaunum, Gaul : S00339Saint Name in Source
sancti Acaunenses; sancti AcauniRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
LatinEvidence not before
575Evidence not after
594Activity not before
522Activity not after
523Place of Evidence - Region
Gaul and Frankish kingdomsPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
ToursPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Tours Tours Tours Toronica urbs Prisciniacensim vicus Pressigny Turonorum civitas Ceratensis vicus CéréMajor author/Major anonymous work
Gregory of ToursCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Chant and religious singing