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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 8, 32. Of the Death of Domnola, Wife of Nectarius
Many wicked deeds were done in these days.1 Domnola, daughter of Victorius, bishop of Rennes,2 widow of Burgolen,3 and afterwards wife of Nectarius,4 had a dispute about a vineyard with Bobolen, referendary of Fredegund.5 When this man heard that she had come to the vineyard, he sent messengers, warning her not to presume to enter the estate. She treated the warning with contempt, and went in, declaring that the vines had been the property of her father. He then started a brawl, fell upon her with his armed retainers, and caused her death. He laid formal claim to the vineyard, and plundered all movable property; all those who had been with Domnola, women as well as men, were put to the sword; none remained alive but those who had managed to escape.
Notes
- In 585.
- Cf. IX. 39.
- V. 18 (25).
- Cf. VII. 15.
- Cf. ch. 43, below.