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Gregory of Tours

538 - 593

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Gregory of Tours (born Georgius Florentius; 30 November c. 538 – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history". He was a prelate in the Merovingian kingdom, encompassing Gaul's historic region. Gregory's most notable work is the Decem Libri Historiarum ('Ten Books of Histories'), also known as the Historia Francorum ('History of the Franks'). Decem Libri Historiarum is considered a primary source for the study of Merovingian history and chronicles the accounts of the Franks during the period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory of Tours is the 438th most popular writer (down from 388th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from France (down from 457th in 2019) and the 74th most popular French Writer.

Gregory of Tours is most famous for his Historia Francorum, a history of the Franks.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gregory of Tours ranks 438 out of 7,302Before him are Ágota Kristóf, Gertrude Stein, Sholem Aleichem, Joseph Brodsky, Sergei Yesenin, and Sándor Márai. After him are Georges Bataille, Fausto Cercignani, Andrzej Sapkowski, Qu Yuan, Henri Barbusse, and Vuk Karadžić.

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Among people born in 538, Gregory of Tours ranks 1After him are Zhiyi, and Emperor Bidatsu. Among people deceased in 593, Gregory of Tours ranks 1After him are Dazu Huike, Ceawlin of Wessex, Garibald I of Bavaria, Ino Anastasia, Creoda of Mercia, Hussa of Bernicia, and Tytila of East Anglia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gregory of Tours ranks 516 out of 6,770Before him are Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Carus (230), Christine Lagarde (1956), Frédéric Bazille (1841), Camille Desmoulins (1760), and René Laennec (1781). After him are Edgard Varèse (1883), Georges Bataille (1897), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Joseph Black (1728), Théodore Rousseau (1812), and Joan I of Navarre (1273).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gregory of Tours ranks 74Before him are Auguste Escoffier (1847), Paul Éluard (1895), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Jacques Prévert (1900), and William of Rubruck (1220). After him are Georges Bataille (1897), Henri Barbusse (1873), Louis Aragon (1897), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Françoise Sagan (1935), and André Maurois (1885).