Gundoald or Gundovald was a Merovingian usurper king in the area of southern Gaul in either 584 or 585. He claimed to be an illegitimate son of Chlothar I and, with the financial support of the Empero

Palladius or more often in French Pallais was a 6th-century bishop of Saintes. According to Gregory of Tours, the family of Palladius was wealthy, and had produced several bishops and teachers through