Poitiers

Type:Elite presence
Certainty:Certain
From:545
To:561
Town:Poitiers
Original text:Radegundem, filiam Bertecharii regis [...] Illa quoque ad Deum conversa, mutata veste, monastyrium sibi intra Pectavensem urbem construxit.
Translation text:Radegund, the daughter of King Berthar [...] turned to God, took the habit of a religious and built a nunnery for herself in Poitiers.
Persons:
RoleNameReason typeReason
QueenRadegundResidenceTurns away from marriage with Chlothar to become nun
Publications:McNamara et al. 1992: 62
Wood 1994: 136-138

Sources

NameTitleReferenceFromTo
Gregorius, HistoriarumGregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri decem3.7573594