Carignan (oppidum Ebosium)

Type:Elite presence
Certainty:Certain
From:585
To:588
Town:Carignan
Original text:1. Gaugericus episcopus Germani oppido Ebosio castro oriundus fuit parentibus secundum saeculi dignitatem non primis, non ultimus, Romanis nationes, christianitates vero religionem. [...]
2. Cumque provintia ipsa et caster memoratus a pontifice Treveris civitate ad doctrinam Christi aspicere videretur, contigit, iuxta canonum statuta pontifex nomen Magnericus sollicitudine pastorale ipse parrotia circuiret [...] interrogans sacerdotem, cuis sollicitudinem de ipso castro conmiserat, quos haberet ad officium praeparatos [...] puerolus nomine Gaugericus, adhuc in scolis ad magisterium eruditionibus conmendatos [...] ad eclesiam adhuc in habitu saeculare maturius primus adcurrit [...]
4. eum diaconati honore continui benedixit [..]
5. Et dum ministerium suum adsidue, ut decet dignum levitae Christi, fideliter, adimpleret, quoddam vero die, dum orationibus circuiret, obviam abuit in castrum Ebosium quendam leprosum, quae adhuc gentilitatis errori tenebatur. Et cum divina inspiratione commotus, continuo ad sacerdotem perduxit et baptismi gratia condonavit, quem manibus suis de lavacro fontis excepit et clericati officium coronavit ...
Translation text:[summary: Gaugericus is born to "Roman" parents Gaudentius and Austadiola, in oppidum Ebosium. He is educated in the local church school by the local priest. Bishop Magneric visits twice and, impressed by Gaugericus' singing of the psalms. He promotes Gaugericus to deacon. One day as a deacon Gaugericus encounters a leper and cures him in the baptismal font]
Persons:
RoleNameReason typeReason
DeaconGaugericusResidenceBorn and educated
BishopMagneric, bishopVisitMaking a pastoral itinerary through his diocese of Trier
Publications:Pietri/Heijmans 2013: 857-859, s.n. Gaugericus

Sources

NameTitleReferenceFromTo
Vita GaugericiVita Gaugerici episcopi Camaracensis1-6645655