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6.5

Denique tunc in servitio sancti Galli Valentinianus diaconus, qui nunc presbiter habetur atque vocalis, abiit.

(ed. Krusch 1885: 233)

6.5

A deacon called Valentinianus, who is now a presbyter and a singer (vocalis), was at that time in the service of saint Gallus, and had gone with him [to the Fifth Council of Orléans, AD 549].

(trans. James 1991: 38, slightly altered by J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Clermont

About the source:

Author: Gregory of Tours
Title: Life of the Fathers, Vita Patrum, Liber Vitae Patrum
Origin: Tours (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Gregory of Tours (bishop of Tours in Gaul in 573-594) started writing his Life of the Fathers some time before 587 and finished it around 592 or slightly later, as shown by the cross-references to his other works. It is a collection of twenty Gallic saints` lives of different lengths. They all are in some way connected to Gregory`s family or church interests, while also exemplifying different virtues leading to sanctity. Saints presented in the Life of the Fathers are all either ascetics or bishops.

More on the text: James 1991: ix-xxv.

Edition:

B. Krusch ed., Gregorii Episcopi Turonensis Miracula et Opera Minora, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum 1.2, Hannover 1885, 211-294.

Translation:

Gregory of Tours, Life of the Fathers, trans. by E. James, Liverpool 1991.

Categories:

Former ecclesiastical career - Deacon

PR59.

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

PR59.

Functions within the Church - Cantor

PR59.

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER40, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=40