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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 10, 6. Of the Prisoners at Clermont
At Clermont by God’s command the chains fell from the limbs of the prisoners in the jail during the night, and the gates of the prison-house were opened, so that they came forth and went into the church. The count Eulalius1 ordered them to be loaded with fresh chains; but no sooner were these placed upon them than they straightway broke like brittle glass. Thereupon, by the intercession of Bishop Avitus,2 they were delivered and made free men once more.
Notes
- Cf. VIII. 18, 27, 45.
- Cf. IV. 35; V. 6 (11).