Name
Tetricus, bishop of Langres, ob. 568/573
Saint ID
S00044
Reported Death Not Before
568
Reported Death Not After
573
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
ID | Title | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02777 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (105-107), lists in the opening table of contents chapters on *Tetricus (bishop of Langres, ob. 568/573, S00044), *Orientius (bishop of Auch, 5th c., S01319) and *Quiteria (virgin saint, S01320), but there are no such chapters in any of the surviving manuscripts of this work. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E07758 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (5.5), describes how *Tetricus (bishop of Langres, ob. 568/573, S00044), appeared in a dream-vison to Pappolus, his unworthy successor as bishop of Langres, and struck him, leading to his death; AD 579/581. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/594. | E07780 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (8.5), describes how during King Guntram's visit to Orléans (north-west Gaul) in July 585, the king told him of a vision, in which Guntram had seen *Tetricus (bishop of Langres, ob. 568/573, S00044), *Nicetius (bishop of Lyon, ob. 573, S00049) and *Agricola (bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône, ob. 580, S02830), deciding whether his brother, the recently dead King Chilperic, should be spared or condemned. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 586/594. |
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