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E05931: The Chronicle of Fredegar describes how in the year 583/4 King Guntram built a church near Chalon-sur-Saône (eastern Gaul), dedicated to *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323), and held a council to confirm the foundation, modelled on that held by King Sigismund of the Burgundians in 515 to confirm his foundation of the monastery at Agaune (eastern Gaul) dedicated to the martyrs of the *Theban Legion (S00339). Later, Guntram is buried there. Written in Latin in Gaul/Francia, 659/700.
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posted on 2018-07-09, 00:00 authored by dlambertChronicle of Fredegar 4.1
Anno xxiiii regni sui deuino amore eclesiam beati Marcelli, ubi ipsi praeciosus requiescit in corpore, suborbanum Cabilonninsim, sed quidem tamen Sequanum est territurium, merefice et sollerter aedificare iussit, ibique monachis congregatis, monasterium condedit ipsamque ecclesiam rebus pluremis ditauit. Senodum xl episcoporum fieri precepit et ad instar institucionis monasterii sanctorum Agauninsium, que temporibus Sigysmundi regis ab Auito et citeris episcopis, ipso iobente princepi fuerat firmatum, idemque et huius senodi coniunctionem monasterium sancti Marcelli Gunthramnus institucionem firmandam curauit.
'In the twenty-fourth year of his reign [584], his love of God caused him to have built outside Chalon (though in fact on Sequanian territory) the sumptuous church of St Marcellus, where the saint's precious body now rests. There too he brought together monks and founded a monastery and endowed its church with many possessions. He ordered the convening of a synod of forty bishops and made it confirm the foundation of this house of St Marcellus on the precedent of the confirming by Avitus and other bishops of the foundation of the house dedicated to the saints of Agaune, made in the days of King Sigismund and upon his orders.'
Chronicle of Fredegar 4.14
Anno xxxiii regni Gunthramni. Eo anno, quinto kalendas Aprilis ipse rex moritur. Sepultus est in ecclesia sancti Marcelli in monasterio quem ipse construxerat.
'The thirty-third year of Guntram's reign [593]. on 28 March of this year the king died. He was buried in the church of St Marcellus in the monastery that he had himself built.'
Text and translation: Wallace-Hadrill 1960 (translation adapted).
Anno xxiiii regni sui deuino amore eclesiam beati Marcelli, ubi ipsi praeciosus requiescit in corpore, suborbanum Cabilonninsim, sed quidem tamen Sequanum est territurium, merefice et sollerter aedificare iussit, ibique monachis congregatis, monasterium condedit ipsamque ecclesiam rebus pluremis ditauit. Senodum xl episcoporum fieri precepit et ad instar institucionis monasterii sanctorum Agauninsium, que temporibus Sigysmundi regis ab Auito et citeris episcopis, ipso iobente princepi fuerat firmatum, idemque et huius senodi coniunctionem monasterium sancti Marcelli Gunthramnus institucionem firmandam curauit.
'In the twenty-fourth year of his reign [584], his love of God caused him to have built outside Chalon (though in fact on Sequanian territory) the sumptuous church of St Marcellus, where the saint's precious body now rests. There too he brought together monks and founded a monastery and endowed its church with many possessions. He ordered the convening of a synod of forty bishops and made it confirm the foundation of this house of St Marcellus on the precedent of the confirming by Avitus and other bishops of the foundation of the house dedicated to the saints of Agaune, made in the days of King Sigismund and upon his orders.'
Chronicle of Fredegar 4.14
Anno xxxiii regni Gunthramni. Eo anno, quinto kalendas Aprilis ipse rex moritur. Sepultus est in ecclesia sancti Marcelli in monasterio quem ipse construxerat.
'The thirty-third year of Guntram's reign [593]. on 28 March of this year the king died. He was buried in the church of St Marcellus in the monastery that he had himself built.'
Text and translation: Wallace-Hadrill 1960 (translation adapted).
History
Evidence ID
E05931Saint Name
Marcellus, martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône (Gaul) : S00323 Theban Legion, commanded by *Maurice, martyrs of Agaunum Gaul : S00339Saint Name in Source
Marcellus sancti AgauninsesRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
- Latin
Evidence not before
659Evidence not after
700Activity not before
584Activity not after
593Place of Evidence - Region
Gaul and Frankish kingdomsPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Tours Tours Toronica urbs Prisciniacensim vicus Pressigny Turonorum civitas Ceratensis vicus CéréCult activities - Places
Cult building - independent (church)Cult activities - Activities Accompanying Cult
- Meetings and gatherings of the clergy
