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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 7, 40. Of the Treasures of Mummolus
Duke Leudegisel came to the king with the treasures aforesaid,1 which the king afterwards distributed among the poor and among the churches. He caused the wife of Mummolus to be arrested, and inquired what had become of the treasures which she and her husband had amassed. And when she heard that her lord was slain, and that all their pride of place was utterly brought down to the dust, she revealed all, and said that in Avignon there was still much gold and silver of which the king had no knowledge. Straightway the king sent men to fetch it, with a trusted servant of Mummolus, to whose charge it had been committed. They went on their errand, and took everything which had been left in that city. It was said that there were two hundred and fifty talents of silver, and more than thirty of gold, reported to have been taken by Mummolus from an ancient treasure which had been discovered. The king divided the money with his nephew Childebert, giving away the greater part of his own share to the poor. He left the widow nothing but what she had inherited from her kinsfolk.
Notes
- Cf. above, chs. 35, 38.