Tours

Region: Western Europe · Coordinates: 47.395, 0.704 · 25 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 371Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksMartin begins preaching in Gaul and converts pagans to Christianity (the year of his appointment as bishop of Tours, 371, is used as the reference date).
AD 397Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksAfter Martin's death, Brictius succeeds him as bishop of Tours.
AD 470Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksBishop Perpetuus of Tours rebuilds the church above Martin's tomb.
AD 508Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksReceiving the consular decree of Emperor Anastasius, he puts on a purple robe and a crown in the church of Martin at Tours.
AD 545Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksQueen Clotilde dies (she dies at Tours and is buried at Paris).
AD 555Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksChlothar orders the church revenues to be paid one-third to the royal treasury, and Bishop Injuriosus refuses to sign.
AD 557Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksFleeing from Chramnus, Austrapius takes refuge in the church of Martin at Tours.
AD 561Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksIn the fifty-first year of his reign, Chlothar seeks the tomb of Martin at Tours and does penance.
AD 576Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksMerovech is sent to Poitiers and spends Easter at Tours.
AD 576Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksChilperic's envoy Rauculf demands that the people who took refuge in the church at Tours be dragged out.
AD 577Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksMerovech takes refuge in the church of Saint Martin at Tours.
AD 578Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksGundovald Bozo drags his daughters out of the church at Tours and takes them to Poitiers.
AD 581Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksLeovigild's envoy Agila passes through Tours and enters into a dispute over faith.
AD 581Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksChilperic sends Ansoaldus, who installs Eunomius as count of Tours.
AD 583Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksOn January 31, a great ball of fire appears over Tours.
AD 584Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksA fire in the Tours region stops thanks to Saint Martin.
AD 585Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksEberulf flees to the church of Saint Martin at Tours.
AD 585Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksEberulf is murdered by Claudius at the church of Saint Martin.
AD 586Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksAmong the citizens of Tours, the war of vengeance between Sicarius and Chramnesind begins.
AD 586Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksEnnodius appointed count of Tours and Poitiers
AD 587Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksA false prophet, Desiderius, appears in Tours
AD 590Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksChuppa invades the border of Tours
AD 591Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksSimon, the Armenian bishop, comes to Tours and brings news of the fall of Antioch
AD 591Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksA headache plague in the Tours and Nantes region
AD 800Royal Frankish AnnalsAfter crossing the Seine at Rouen, Charles goes to pray at the tomb of Saint Martin in Tours. While he stays there because of his wife Liutgard's illness, the queen dies on June 4 and is buried there
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