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Gregory of Tours

"The first translation into English of Life of the Fathers, a collection of twenty lives of saints which lives present a cross-section of the Gallic Church and are a counterpart to the secular society described in Gregory's History of the Franks." — Publisher description.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 143 pages

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