![]() In his last 10 years as bishop after Chilperic had died in 584, Gregory was involved in a great deal of political and diplomatic activity. When a visiting bishop, appalled at the stories of Chilperic's atrocities, asked Gregory what he saw on top of the King's palace, Gregory wearily replied, "A roof." The other bishop said, with some fervor, "I see the naked sword of the wrath of God." Over the years the two leaders learned to live together in an uneasy peace. Chilperic did not dare attack the bishop openly because Gregory had too much support among the people. For 9 years Gregory matched wits with Chilperic, trying to protect his people from the King's brutality. Two years later the city of Tours came under the control of Chilperic, a cruel and callous king of the Franks, a man who enforced his orders by blinding those who disobeyed him. Martin for a mysterious sickness he had contracted, Gregory was asked by the people to stay and become their bishop. ![]() In 573, while he was in Tours to seek a cure at the tomb of St. As a boy, he studied not only the Bible and the lives of the Christian martyrs but also the secular literature of his time. His father had been a Roman senator, and relatives of his mother had held high offices in the Church. The son of a prominent family in the territory of the Arverni in south-central France, Gregory was born on Nov. ![]() Gregory of Tours (538-594) was a Christian leader who wrote a valuable history of the Franks. ![]()
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They have two servants, Ali and his son, Hassan, who are Hazaras, an ethnic minority. ![]() ![]() Before the event, he lives in a nice home in Kabul with Baba, his father. I have already seen the movie so I know the red lines in this book but I hope there will be much more.Īmir recalls an event that happened twenty-six years before, when he was still a boy in Afghanistan, and says that that made him who he is. 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