Tetricus of Langres explained

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

Tetricus came from a noble Gallo-Roman senatorial family, his father was Gregory 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[2] Like his father, he resided chiefly in Dijon. Tetricus participated in the Fifth Council of Orléans (549) and the Council of Paris (552).

According to Gregory of Tours, who was a later relative of Tetricus,[3] the Merovingian king Chilperic I had a dream in which Tetricus with Agricola of Chalon-sur-Saône and Nicetius of Lyon appeared to the king.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Martin Heinzelmann: Gregor von Tours (538–594). „Zehn Bücher Geschichte“. Historiographie und Gesellschaftskonzept im 6. Jahrhundert. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1994,, p. 16; Karl Friedrich Stroheker: Der senatorische Adel im spätantiken Gallien. Alma Mater Verlag, Tübingen 1948 (reprinted Darmstadt 1970), p. 223, no. 385.
  2. see Venantius Fortunatus carm 4.3.
  3. Gregory of Tours was a grandson of his brother.
  4. Gregory of Tours, History VIII 5.

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