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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 4, 32. Of the Monk Julian
There was at this time in the monastery of Randan in the territory of Clermont a priest named Julian, of surpassing power in miracle. He was a man of great abstinence, who neither drank wine nor ate meat, and always wore a hair shirt under his tunic. He was ever ready in vigil, ever instant in prayer; to him it was a simple thing to heal the possessed, give sight to the blind, and drive forth all other infirmities by calling on the name of the Lord and making the sign of the holy Cross. From long standing, his feet were affected by a grievous humour, and when they asked him why he always stood longer than his bodily strength allowed, he would make the jesting answer: ‘They work for me as long as I live, and their support by God’s grace doth not fail.’ Once I saw him in the church of the blessed Julian, the martyr, heal with a single word a man possessed; often he would relieve quartan and other fevers by a prayer. In this time of plague, he was taken from this world to his rest, full of days and works of miracle.