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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 7, 17. Of Bishop Promotus
Promotus had been installed as bishop at Châteaudun by command of King Sigibert, but after that king’s decease had been deprived of his rank on the ground that this place was in the diocese of Chartres. It was decided against him that henceforth he must serve as a simple priest. He now came before the king with the prayer that he might be replaced in the bishopric of Châteaudun. But Pappolus, bishop of Chartres, opposed the petition. He maintained that Châteaudun belonged to his diocese, and produced judgement delivered by the bishops.1 Promotus, therefore, gained nothing of the king but permission to recover his private property within the territory of Châteaudun, and to dwell there with his mother, who was still living.
Notes
- At the Council of Paris, A. D. 573.