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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 5, 22. Of the Death of Samson, Chilperic’s Son
After this, Samson, younger son of King Chilperic, was attacked by dysentery and fever, and passed from the world of men. He was born at the time when Chilperic was besieged by his brother in Tournai;1 and his mother, from fear of death, cast him away from her, and would have let him die. The king chid her, and having failed in her desire, she ordered the child to be baptized. He was christened, the bishop himself receiving him from the water, but he died before he reached five years. His mother Fredegund was grievously ill at the same time, but she recovered.
Notes
- Cf. IV. 35 (50).