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Icon of St. Gregory, Bishop of
Tours, hagiographer (7th c.)
Feast: Nov. 17.
Born Georgius Florentius
Gregorius, this Saint of the 7th century became Bishop of Tours, and
successor of St. Martin. He wrote the ten-part History of the Franks,
which is a chronicle of the Saints of early Gaul, in Gallo-Latin. He
wrote four books on the miracles of St. Martin of Tours alone. His work
was translated into English by Fr. Seraphim (Rose), a hieromonk of the
Russian Orthodox Church. Holy Father Gregory, pray to God for us!
Top Icon: from a manuscript
in
the Nonnberg cloister in Austria.
Final Icon: manuscript illumination from the pre-Schism Sacramentary of
Autun.
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