Tetricus of Langres

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Tetricus of Langres (d. 572/73) was bishop of Langres from 539/40 until his death .

Tetricus came from a noble Gallo-Roman senatorial family, his father was Gregor von Langres . Tetricus was one of his three sons and the only one known by name. He succeeded his father in 539/40 and was said to have held this office for 33 years (cf. Venantius Fortunatus Carm. 4,3). Like his father, he mainly resided in Dijon . Tetricus took part in the councils of Orléans (549) and Paris (552).

Gregory of Tours , a later relative, has the Merovingian king Chilperich I Tetricus appear in a dream together with Agroecula of Chalon and Nicetius of Lyon in his historical work (Gregory of Tours, Historien VIII 5).

literature

  • Martin Heinzelmann : Gregor von Tours (538-594). "Ten Books of History". Historiography and concept of society in the 6th century. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1994, ISBN 3-534-08348-2 , p. 16.
  • Karl Friedrich Stroheker : The senatorial nobility in late antique Gaul. Alma Mater Verlag, Tübingen 1948 (reprint Darmstadt 1970), p. 223, no. 385.
personal data
SURNAME Tetricus of Langres
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Langres
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century
DATE OF DEATH 572 or 573