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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 1, 39. Of the Coming of the Holy Martin
At that time also dawned our light, with new rays passing throughout Gaul. By this I mean that the most blessed Martin now began to preach in Gaul, by many miracles declaring to the peoples that Christ the Son of God is Himself very God, and turning aside the unbelief of the Gentiles. He destroyed temples, suppressed heresy, erected churches, and after winning splendour of renown by many other miracles, fulfilled his glory by restoring three dead men to life. In the fourth year of Valentinian and Valens, at Poitiers, the holy Hilary passed from earth to heaven,1 full of holiness and faith, and endowed with many virtues. He, too, is said to have raised the dead to life.
Notes
- 13th Jan. 367 or 368.