Soissons - St. Médard

Type:	Christian cult place
Certainty:	Certain
From:	557
To:	557
Town:	Soissons
Original text:	Quem Chlotharius rex cum summo honore apud Sessionas civitatem sepelivit et basilicam super eum fabricare coepit, quam postea Sigiberthus, filius eius, explevit atque conposuit.
Translation text:	King Lothar had him [Saint Medard the Bishop] buried with great pomp over his remains in the church which his son Sigibert later completed and embellished
Site:	7212
Type of Christian cult place:	Double
Person role:	King
Founder:	Chlothar
Monestary type:	Unknown
Date of foundation from:	557
Date of foundation to:	557

Sources

Name	Title	Reference	From	To
Gregorius, Historiarum	Gregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri decem	4.19	573	594

Name	Original text
Soissons - St. Medard	Unde postea Sessionas in basilica sancti Medardi [...] translatus, secus Chlotharium patrem suum sepultus est.
Soissons - St. Médard	Medardus vero gloriosus confessor iuxta urbem Sessionas quiescit. [...] Et quia, priusquam templum aedificaretur, erat super sepulchrum sancti cellula minutis contexta virgultis, et, dedicato templo, haec fuit amota.
Soissons - St. Médard	Medardus vero gloriosus confessor iuxta urbem Sessionas quiescit. [...]
Soissons - St. Medard	Quem quattuor filii sui cum magno honore Sessionas deferentes, in basilica beati Medardi sepelierunt.
Soissons - St. Médard	Tres opartes colonica quem de ratione arnoaldo habuimus, ipsam basilicam domni Petri et peculiaris patroni nostri Medardi episcopi post meum obitum habere jubeo.