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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 2, 38. Of the Patriciate of King Clovis
Clovis received letters from the emperor Anastasius conferring the consulate, and in the church of the blessed Martin he was vested in the purple tunic, and in a mantle, and set the diadem upon his head. Then, mounting his horse, he showered with his own hand in the generosity of his heart pieces of gold and silver among the people all along the road between the gate of the atrium of the holy Martin’s church, and the church of the city. From that day he was hailed as consul or Augustus. He left Tours and came to Paris, where he established the seat of his government. There he was joined by Theuderic.