Tetricus of Langres

Tetricus of Langres (died 572/73) was Bishop of Langres from 539/40 until his death.[1][2]

Tetricus came from a noble Gallo-Roman senatorial family, his father was Gregor of Langres. Tetricus was one of his three sons and the only one known by name. He succeeded his father 539/40 as Bishop of Langres and is said to have held this office for 33 years[3] Like his father, he resided chiefly in Dijon. Tetricus participated in the Fifth Council of Orleans(549) and The Council of Paris (552).

According to Gregory of Tours, who was a later relative of Tetricus,[4] the Merovingian king Chilperic I had a dream in which Tetricus with Agroecula of Chalon and Nicetus of Lyon appeared to the king.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Martin Heinzelmann : Gregory of Tours (538-594). "Ten books of history". Historiography and social concept in the 6th century. Scientific book company, Darmstadt 1994, ISBN 3-534-08348-2 , p.16.
  2. ↑ Karl Friedrich Stroheker : The senatorial nobility in late antique Gaul. Alma Mater Verlag, Tübingen 1948 (reprinted Darmstadt 1970), p. 223, no. 385.
  3. ↑ see Venantius Fortunatus carm 4.3.
  4. ↑ Gregory of Tours was a grandson of his brother.
  5. ↑ Gregory of Tours, History VIII 5.


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