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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 3, 16. Of Sigivald
When Sigivald dwelled in Auvergne he wrought much evil there.1 He despoiled many of their possessions, and his servants never ceased from thefts, murders, assaults, and other crimes, while no one dared open his lips in their presence. He seized in the most audacious manner the estate of Bougéat, formerly left by the blessed bishop Tetradius to the church of the holy Julian. But as soon as he set foot in the house, he straightway lost his reason and dropped upon a bed. His wife, warned by the bishop, now had him lifted into a carriage and taken to another domain, where he recovered his health. She then came to him, and told him of all that had befallen him. When he heard it, he made a vow to the blessed martyr, and restored the double of everything which he had taken. In my book on the wonders wrought by the holy Julian I have made mention of this miracle.2
Notes
- Cf. ch. 13, above.
- V. S. J., ch. xiv.