Illidius
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Saint Illidius was a 4th-century bishop of Clermont, France. To Illidius is attributed the rise of Clermont-Ferrand as a center of religious teaching and culture.
Stained glass depiction of Illidius. Église Saint-Eutrope, Clermont-Ferrand.
Gregory of Tours
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Gregory of Tours was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history".
Illidius
…was a 4th-century bishop of Clermont, France. To Illidius is attributed the rise of Clermont-Ferrand as a center of religious teaching and culture. Gregory of Tours mentions Illidius in his work. Illidius is credited with having cured the daughter of the Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus at Trier, and died on the return…
St. Gregory of Tours, 19th century statue by Jean Marcellin, in the Louvre in Paris, France
Realms of Merovingian Gaul at the death of Clovis (511 AD)
Frontispiece of Historia Francorum
St Gregory and King Chilperic I, from the Grandes Chroniques de France de Charles V, 14th-century illumination